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The English Channel
From Dover, England to, hopefully, Cap Griz Nez in northern France
Among the world’s marathon swims, the most iconic and well-known waterway is the English Channel. Thousands of people have attempted the 21-mile swim since the first documented attempt in 1872. Yet the number of successful swimmers in the English Channel remains fewer than half of the number of people who have climbed Mount Everest since it was first scaled in 1953.
Of the 1,580 people who have crossed the English Channel through 2010, 33% have been women and 67% have been men, although the relative percentage of women who cross the English Channel has increased over time (41% of the total during the 1990’s).
A great database that includes details of the English Channel is here and a great website for English Channel conquerors and aspirants is here.
The English Channel swimmers are a global mix, hailing from 67 countries with over half from England (507) or America (320). The average age of the successful channel swimmer is 33, but their ages range from 11 to 70 years, including the 50 individuals of the Half Century Club. The average one-way time is 13 hours and 31 minutes with times ranging from the world record of 6 hours and 57 minutes to a patiently plodding 26 hours and 50 minutes.
With a growing number of members in the Half Century Club around the world (25 in the Catalina Channel, 32 in the Strait of Gibraltar, 176 in the Rottnest Channel and 51 in the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim), age seems to be no impediment nowadays in the marathon swimming world.
Petar Stoychev, Only Person To Break 7 Hours Across The English Channel
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