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Fastest English Channel swim

Record

6 h 45 min

Holder
Andreas Waschburger
Fastest English Channel swim
Photo: Astronaut photograph ISS054-E-53958 was acquired on February 24, 2018, with a Nikon D5 digital camera using a 200 millimeter lens and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by a member of the Expedition 54 crew. The image has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast, and lens artifacts have been removed. Caption by Andrea Meado, Jacobs Technology, JETS Contract at NASA-JSC. · Public domain

What to remember

In September 2023, Germany's Andreas Waschburger swam across the English Channel in 6 h 45 min, the fastest Channel crossing ever swum.

A German professional swimmer, he specialised in open water events. The crossing covers a straight-line distance of at least 33.7 km (20.9 mi).

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Sources and licences

  • Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “List of successful English Channel swimmers” (revision used 1379559825). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Photo: Astronaut photograph ISS054-E-53958 was acquired on February 24, 2018, with a Nikon D5 digital camera using a 200 millimeter lens and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by a member of the Expedition 54 crew. The image has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast, and lens artifacts have been removed. Caption by Andrea Meado, Jacobs Technology, JETS Contract at NASA-JSC., Photo licensed under Public domain (Wikimedia Commons).

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