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In Memoriam: Fatalities in Channel Swimming

Nothing great is easy. Captain Matthew Webb 1875
Outstanding everything is the courage of the lonely swimmer, and in him was the same stuff which has enabled man to stand on the top of Mount EverestBishop of Rochester at the funeral of Ted May, Channel Swimmer, 1954

1926 Luis Rodriguez de Lara (disputed)

1954 Ted May

1984 Kumar Anandan

1988 Renata Agondi

1999 Fausta Marin Moreno

2001 Ueli Staub

2012 Páraic Casey

2013 Susan Taylor

2016 Nick Thomas

2017 Douglas Waymark

  • 1926 Luis Rodriguez de Lara (disputed)

    1926 Luis Rodriguez de Lara (disputed)

    Rodriguez de Lara, a Boulogne waiter originally from Spain, found drowned in the sea off Wimereux, is said by many ...
  • 1954 Edward James May

    1954 Edward James May

    On 8 September 1954, lone Englishman Ted May set off from Cap Gris Nez to swim to England, but without ...
  • 1984 Kumar Anandan

    1984 Kumar Anandan

    Death of Kumar Anandan of Sri Lanka
  • 1988 Renata Agondi

    1988 Renata Agondi

    Brazilian swimmer Renata Agondi, 25, from San Paulo, died on 23 August 1988 about eight miles off the French coast while swimming from Dover.
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