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Hussein, Bakr - 15/08/1952
Date
15/08/1952
Successful swim number
70
Successful swimmer number
52
Successful swim number France - England
61
Duration of swim
18:12
Notes
Cap Gris Nez to Folkestone West Beach
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Isacescu, Countess Walpurga von - 05/09/1900
Description
Start 7.30am, finish 6.00pm. Started from Calais Casino. Had 2 eggs and glass of port before starting - fed on lump sugar and tea a la Russe with lemon via a feeding bottle. Heavy mist and strong waves caused her to stop. Grease - rubbed all over with pork fat
Swimmer(s)
Isacescu, Walpurga von
Date
05/09/1900
Duration of swim
10:30
Pilot
M. Levavasseur
Pilot boat
Jeanette, steam tug
Notes
An Austrian Countess the first woman to swim the Channel. From the San Francisco Examiner. She made her start from Calais with a tug as support boat. Rubbed down with pork fat. Started 6 am. Fed on cold beef tea and anchovy toast and later small pieces of rare beef. Didn't land but was taken on board the tug in the surf off Shakespeare Cliff. The Gastonia Gazette, North Carolina 29 Nov 1900
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ismen, Haldun - 21/08/1957
Swimmer(s)
Ismen, Haldun
Date
21/08/1957
Duration of swim
16:10
Notes
5th Butlins Race. Still in water when race declared
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Ismen, Haldun - 24/08/1958
Swimmer(s)
Ismen, Haldun
Date
24/08/1958
Duration of swim
15:25
Notes
Successful swim but landed on Eastern Arm and was disqualified
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Ismen, Haldun - 27/08/1959
Swimmer(s)
Ismen, Haldun
Date
27/08/1959
Duration of swim
00:00
Notes
Did Not Start
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
James, Jenny - 06/08/1953
Swimmer(s)
James, Jenny
Date
06/08/1953
Duration of swim
00:00
Notes
1st Butlins Race - no finishers
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
James, Jenny - 15/08/1955
Swimmer(s)
James, Jenny
Date
15/08/1955
Duration of swim
00:00
Notes
3rd Butlins Race
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
James, Jenny - 15/08/1956
Swimmer(s)
James, Jenny
Date
15/08/1956
Duration of swim
00:00
Notes
4th Butlins Race, No Finishers
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
James, Jenny - 16/08/1951
Swimmer(s)
James, Jenny
Date
16/08/1951
Successful swim number
59
Successful swimmer number
48
Successful swim number France - England
52
Duration of swim
13:55
Notes
Second Daily Mail Race
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Daily Mail
(47)
James, Jenny - 21/08/1954
Swimmer(s)
James, Jenny
Date
21/08/1954
Duration of swim
00:00
Notes
2nd Butlins Race
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Jennings, Michael - 01/08/1960
Swimmer(s)
Jennings, Michael
Date
01/08/1960
Successful swim number
134
Successful swimmer number
95
Successful swim number France - England
112
Duration of swim
13:31
Pilot
Hutchinson, Len
Notes
Cap Gris Nez to Fan Bay
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Jensen, Helge - 03/08/1960
Swimmer(s)
Jensen, Helge
Date
03/08/1960
Duration of swim
07:00
Trainer
Mellors, Steve
Notes
Cap Gris Nez to 4 miles off Dover
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Jensen, Helge - 24/08/1958
Swimmer(s)
Jensen, Helge
Date
24/08/1958
Duration of swim
00:00
Notes
Withdrew
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Jensen, Helge - 27/08/1959
Description
Start 1 53 a.m. Finish. 3 10 p.m. Cap Gris-Nez - near The Warren. Observer. D Jackson.
Swimmer(s)
Jensen, Helge
Date
27/08/1959
Successful swim number
117
Successful swimmer number
84
Successful swim number France - England
98
Duration of swim
13:17
Pilot
D. Ward
Pilot boat
Thistle
Notes
Twice winner of the European Championship swim in the Loire river (France) in 1955 and 1956 This was the 7th. Billy Butlin Channel race.
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Jenson, Miss Edith - 21/08/1927
Description
Start Cap Gris Nez. failed 4h 21m, cramp in stomach, bad weather and choppy seas
Swimmer(s)
Jensen, Miss Edith
Date
21/08/1927
Duration of swim
04:21
Notes
Hilda Harding, 19, of Hove and Edith Jensen, 17, of Copenhagen, left Cap Gris Nez together. Harding 6h 5m collapsed unconscious and removed by trainer Wolfe and Jensen 4h 21m cramp in stomach
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Johnson, Eric - 13/08/1985
Swimmer(s)
Johnson, Eric
Date
13/08/1985
Successful swim number
514
Successful swimmer number
297
Successful swim number France - England
221
Duration of swim
08:20
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Jonsson, Eyjolfur - 13/08/1959
Swimmer(s)
Jonsson, Eyjolfur
Date
13/08/1959
Duration of swim
13:00
Notes
Cap Gris Nez to 7 miles off England
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Jonsson, Eyjolfur - 24/08/1958
Swimmer(s)
Jonsson, Eyjolfur
Date
24/08/1958
Duration of swim
10:20
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Jonsson, Eyjolfur - 27/08/1959
Swimmer(s)
Jonsson, Eyjolfur
Date
27/08/1959
Duration of swim
00:00
Notes
Did Not Start
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Jonz, Don E. - 01/09/1959
Swimmer(s)
Jonz, Don E.
Date
01/09/1959
Duration of swim
11:00
Notes
Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Jonz, Don E. - 02/08/1960
Swimmer(s)
Jonz, Don E.
Date
02/08/1960
Duration of swim
14:00
Notes
Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Jonz, Don E. - 27/08/1959
Swimmer(s)
Jonz, Don E.
Date
27/08/1959
Duration of swim
00:00
Notes
Did Not Start
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Kader, Ahmed Abdel - 23/08/1952
Description
Butlins swim
Swimmer(s)
Kader, Ahmed Abdel
Date
23/08/1952
Duration of swim
3:15
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Kader, Ahmed Abdel - 23/08/1952
Swimmer(s)
Kamberos, Panagiotis
Date
23/08/1952
Duration of swim
03:15
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
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