Christal Clashing

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Christal made history in 2004 when at the age of 14 she became the first female swimmer to represent Antigua and Barbuda at the Olympics. She is an adventure guide, pool-and-open water swimming and stand-up paddling instructor, free diver and travel writer. Christal is currently pursuing a PhD in aquatic technology at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Her first book, Yemoja’s Anansi, ‘a reimagining of the Anansi stories brought to the Caribbean on slave ships from Africa’, is hot off the press.