Congratulations Clary!

Clary inducted into the Masters International Swimming Hall of Fame

Masters Swimming NSW is proud to congratulate Clary Munns, who has been selected as an inductee into the International Swimming Hall of Fame, Class of 2023. Clary will officially be inducted in October at the ISHOF Honoree Induction. Clary is one of 3 inductees for 2023, and is joined by Tom Wolf from the USA and Glen Christiansen from Sweden. Clary becomes the fourth Australian swimmer to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, joining Jenny Whitely (2013), Pam Hutchings (2014) and Margaret Cunningham (2016)

Clary first became a Masters swimmer in 1988 as a 44 year old, when she joined Blacktown City Masters Swimming Club. One of Clary’s first major meets was the FINA World Masters Championships in 1988, and she has continued to succeed since then.

Clary has been named Sports NSW’s Masters Athlete of the Year on 3 separate occasions, in 2009, 2015 and 2016, and has been named Masters Australia’s Swimmer of the Year twice, in 2016 and 2019.

Throughout her swimming career, Clary has broken 33 world records (8 long course and 25 short course). Clary currently holds 103 Australian records and 129 NSW records across a range of different age groups. Remarkable, Clary has done all of this without having to leave Australia, earning all of her 1297 world points by swimming (and breaking world records) locally. 

Congratulations to Clary on this well-deserved and remarkable achievement!

Attributions:
story Swimming World
photo Blacktown City Council