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Open
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Open Water Swimming in
Sussex
The achievements of
Britain’s marathon
swimmers at the 2008
Beijing Olympics, where
we won three medals, has
raised the profile of
open water and long
distance swimming.
The Sussex coastline
provides great
opportunities for open
water swimming and a
number of our clubs have
open water groups.
Click here
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Open water facts
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Captain Webb was the
first to swim the
English Channel in 1875.
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The most frequent
swimmer of the English
Channel is Alison
Streeter MBE who by the
end of 2008 had
conquered the 21 miles,
43 times.
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Open water swimming was
officially recognised by
FINA, the world
governing body of
swimming, in 1986.
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The 10km swim was first
swum as an Olympic event
in 2008.
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The 2012 London Olympics
will use the Serpentine
Lake in central London.
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Possibly the greatest
triumph of endurance
swimming is by Benoit Lecomte of France who
swam across the Atlantic
ocean between 16 July
1998 and 28 September
1998.
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Competitions
Sussex County ASA organises an open water championships over a 5km
course and there are
open water competitions
right along the all
along the south coast
during the summer
months. For information
about open water
competitions
click
here.
Results 2011
Eastbourne & SER Open
water events.
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Water News
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