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The Catalina Channel, 32.5 kilometres (20.2 mi) between Catalina Island and the California mainland; The 20 Bridges Swim (formerly known as Manhattan Island Swim), a 48.5-kilometre (30.1 mi) circumnavigation of Manhattan Island, New York City. As of October 2023, 366 swimmers had earned this distinction. [1]
Huffman, who previously swam the English Channel and the 20 Bridges Swim around Manhattan Island, has now completed a swim across the Catalina Channel in California. Huffman began the swim Sunday ...
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Earlier, Corson had completed the swim around Manhattan Island, a distance of 42 miles, and had also completed the swim from Albany, New York, to New York City, swimming the distance in a total of 5 days, 3 hours and 11.5 minutes. The straight-line distance between the two points is 143 miles, but Corson swam an extra 10 miles due to various ...
Donaldson is a three-time world record holder, [1] most notably for the fastest time to complete the Oceans Seven marathon swim challenge. [1] On 19 September 2024, he broke the world record for the Manhattan Island Swim, completing the 45.9 km course in 5 hours, 41 minutes and 48 seconds. [2]
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Nyad became a world-renowned swimmer in the 1970s, and made headlines in 1975 at age 25 for setting a world record by swimming around the island of Manhattan in less than eight hours — beating ...
Swimming David "Skip" Storch (born c. 1957) is an American swimmer. On August 29, 2007, 50-year-old Storch swam a record-breaking 85.5 miles unassisted continuous triple lap swim around Manhattan Island , completing the swim in 32 hours and 52 minutes, [ 1 ] breaking two recognized records and qualifying him for an ESPN ESPY Award .