Sussex County

Homepage

Disability Swimming

Diving

Masters

Open Water

Swimming

Synchro

Water Polo

About Us

Affiliation

Child Protection

Contacts

Development

Education / Volunteers

Links / Partners

Sussex Schools

Open Water Swimming

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 to find local clubs.

Open water facts

• Captain Webb was the first to swim the English Channel in 1875.

• 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.

• Open water swimming was officially recognised by FINA, the world governing body of swimming, in 1986.

• The 10km swim was first swum as an Olympic event in 2008.

• The 2012 London Olympics will use the Serpentine Lake in central London.

• 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.

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.

South East Region Open Water News More >

National Open Water News More >

Other useful information More >