Nuala Moore is an Irish swimmer known for open water swimming and ice swimming.
In 2006, she was one of six swimmers to swim around the coast of Ireland in a relay,'Christmas Swim Anyone?' The Science Behind the Cold Science GallerySwim team reaches end of journey by Chris Ashmore 25 Aug 2006 Irish Times the first-ever swim of over 1300 km around the coast.Just hard going right from the off 7 July 2006, Irish Times Then in 2008 she did a double relay crossing of the English Channel.Nuala Moore: Becoming an ice queen Gary Quinn, 2014-06-02, Irish Times
She was the 2011 awardee of the Margaret Smith Award of the Irish Long Distance Swimming Association, given for increasing the profile of open water swimming.Irish Who’s Who Honours Its Best And Toughest, Open Water Swimming She won several medals in the first-ever World Ice Swimming Championship (2013, Murmansk, Russia).Meet Ireland’s ice milers – the toughest swimmers on the planet by Cian Roche, May 2015 Outsider.ieKerry woman is one of four in the world to compete in Arctic swim 27 March 2013 Radio Kerry
In 2013, Moore swam the Bering Strait in a relayIrish swimmers complete Bering Strait relay by Chris Ashmore 2013-08-13 Irish TimesThink morning workouts are cold? Try Swimming the Bering Strait. Ireland's Moore reports SwimSwam by Mike Lewis 2013-11-05Get voting for Nuala Moore, Padraig Mallon and the Bering Strait Swim By Michael O'Neill 30 December 2013 Sports News Ireland from Russia to the US. She was one of only four women, in March 2013 to "[complete] a 1000 metre swim at 0 degrees in Murmansk north of the arctic circle [sic]".Dingle woman part of relay team swimming from Russia to America Radio Kerry After her Bering Strait swim, she was nominated for World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year in 2013 Nuala Moore, Doing Things Big And Small, 1 November 2013, Open Water Swimming Daily and chosen as one of the "People of the Year" by Irish adventure magazine Outsider.
In 2015, she competed in the first Ice Swimming World Championships in Russia.Ice swimmers head to Russia 16 March 2015, Irish Swimmer Also in 2015 she won an age group record for swimming 1000 metres in below-5 degree Celsius water.Camlough Lake Water Festival results from 2015Ice swimmer sets new world record 21 February 2015 The Kerryman
She was featured in a Science Gallery exhibit in 2014 on fat.Fat: It's Delicious, May - June 2014, Dublin Science Gallery "Out in the Cold" segment about Nuala MooreTuesday Night Bites: Sheridan's Cheesemongers and Nuala Moore (Event notice from 2014-06-03) Science Gallery
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