Oceans Seven Explained

The Oceans Seven is a marathon swimming challenge consisting of seven open water channel swims. It was devised in 2008 as the swimming equivalent of the Seven Summits mountaineering challenge. It comprises the North Channel, the Cook Strait, the Molokaʻi Channel, the English Channel, the Catalina Channel, the Tsugaru Strait and the Strait of Gibraltar.[1]

List of Oceans Seven swims

List of successful completions

The LongSwims Database maintains a list of swimmers who have completed the challenge:[2]

NameDate completedNationNotes
1Stephen RedmondIrelandFirst ever to complete all seven swims[3]
2Anna-Carin NordinSwedenFirst woman to complete all seven swims
3Michelle MacyUnited States
4Darren MillerUnited States
5Adam WalkerUnited Kingdom[4]
6Kimberley ChambersNew Zealand
7Antonio ArgüellesMexico[5]
8Ion Lazarenco-TironRepublic of MoldovaFirst from a landlocked country
9Rohan Dattatrey MoreIndiaFirst Asian[6]
10Abhejali BernardováCzech Republic[7]
11Cameron BellamySouth AfricaFirst South African[8]
12Lynton MortensenAustraliaFirst Australian[9]
13Thomas “Fleppy” PembrokeAustralia
14Nora Toledano CadenaMexico
15Mariel Hawley DávilaMexico
16André WiersigGermany
17Elizabeth FryUnited States
18Attila MányokiHungary
19Jonathan RatcliffeUnited Kingdom[10]
20Jorge CrivillésSpainFirst Spaniard
21Adrian SarchetGuernsey[11]
22Prabhat KoliIndia
23Dina LevačićCroatia First Croat, youngest (27 years)
24Herman van der WesthuizenSouth Africa
25Andrew DonaldsonUnited Kingdom Fastest total time (calendar and cumulative) [12]
26Stephen JunkAustralia
27Kieron PalframanSouth Africa
28Bárbara Hernández HuertaChile[13]
29Mark SowerbyAustralia[14]
30Zach MargolisUnited States[15]
31Paul GeorgescuRomâniaFirst Romanian
32Petar StoychevBulgariaFirst Bulgarian

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: What are the Oceans Seven?. Tim Moss. 7 September 2014. TheNextChallenge.Org. 5 August 2017.
  2. Web site: Oceans Seven Swimmers. Oceans Seven. Marathon Swimmers Federation. 8 March 2021.
  3. Web site: Irish swimmer completes gruelling open water challenge. O'Connell, Hugh. 15 July 2012. The Journal. 20 February 2014.
  4. Web site: Open-ocean swimmer Adam Walker: 'Hardest swim of my life'. 11 September 2013. BBC News. BBC. 11 September 2013.
  5. Web site: In a Swimmer's Two-Year Quest, a Final 21-Mile Challenge. Adam Skolnik. 5 August 2017. New York Times. 5 August 2017.
  6. Web site: Pune swimmer world's youngest to complete Ocean 7 Challenge. Inshorts - Stay Informed. en. 11 February 2018.
  7. Web site: European completes Ocean's Seven with Cook Strait swim. 26 February 2018.
  8. Web site: Cameron Bellamy Does Oceans Seven, South African 1st. dailynews.openwaterswimming.com. 21 June 2018 . 22 June 2018.
  9. Web site: Indomitable: Sea Bull Completes The Oceans Seven. Munatones. Steven. 14 November 2018 . 7 December 2018.
  10. Web site: Oundle dad becomes 19th person in history to complete gruelling global swim challenge. Unknown. 11 Dec 2019. Peterborough Telegraph. 11 Dec 2019.
  11. Web site: 'Sea Donkey' Adrian Sarchet completes Oceans Seven challenge. 1 March 2020. ITV News. en. 2 March 2020.
  12. Web site: Andy Donaldson Completes Oceans Seven in Record Time. McPhee. Rebecca. 29 July 2023 . 4 August 2023.
  13. Web site: Bárbara Hernández Huerta’s Journey to the Oceans Seven. 8 July 2024.
  14. Web site: A Decade of Dreams Realized: Mark Sowerby Completes the Oceans Seven. 8 July 2024.
  15. Web site: Zach Margolis: 30th Person to Complete the Oceans Seven – An Interview and His Journey Through All Seven Swims. 15 July 2024.

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