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McIntyre, Graham - 24/08/1966
Swimmer(s)
McIntyre, Graham
Date
24/08/1966
Successful swim number
178
Successful swimmer number
125
Successful swim number France - England
144
Duration of swim
16:42
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
McNae, Bobby - 23/09/1970
Swimmer(s)
McNae, Bobby
Date
23/09/1970
Successful swim number
226
Successful swimmer number
153
Successful swim number France - England
171
Duration of swim
12:38
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
McPherson, Claudia - 13/08/1962
Swimmer(s)
McPherson, Claudia
Date
13/08/1962
Duration of swim
09:15
Notes
Abandoned 7 miles off Folkestone
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
McPherson, Claudia - 31/07/1963
Description
Started France 2.13am, landed Sandgate
Swimmer(s)
McPherson, Claudia
Date
31/07/1963
Successful swim number
152
Successful swimmer number
105
Successful swim number France - England
125
Duration of swim
17:07
Notes
Landed Sandgate, youngest swimmer record
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Meesters, Maria - 15/08/1956
Swimmer(s)
Meesters, Maria
Date
15/08/1956
Duration of swim
05:30
Notes
4th Butlins Race, No Finishers "Womens Runner-up"
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Meesters, Maria - 21/08/1957
Swimmer(s)
Meesters, Maria
Date
21/08/1957
Duration of swim
13:00
Notes
5th Butlins Race.
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Meiar, Magda - 27/08/1959
Swimmer(s)
Meiar, Magda
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)
Mellor, Kendall - 11/09/1963
Swimmer(s)
Mellor, Kendall
Date
11/09/1963
Successful swim number
157
Successful swimmer number
110
Successful swim number France - England
130
Duration of swim
16:53
Pilot
Hutchinson, Len
Notes
Landed at Hythe. Pilot Len Hutchinson
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Michel, Georges - 02/08/1922
Swimmer(s)
Michel, Georges
Date
02/08/1922
Duration of swim
02:00
Notes
Daily Sketch £1000 prize attempt
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Michel, Georges - 02/09/1922
Swimmer(s)
Michel, Georges
Date
02/09/1922
Duration of swim
Unknown
Notes
Point du Ridan. Daily Sketch £1000 prize attempt
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Michel, Georges - 02/09/1923
Swimmer(s)
Michel, Georges
Date
02/09/1923
Duration of swim
10:30
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Michel, Georges - 03/08/1922
Swimmer(s)
Michel, Georges
Date
03/08/1922
Duration of swim
09:00
Notes
Daily Sketch £1000 prize attempt
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Michel, Georges - 03/09/1926
Swimmer(s)
Michel, Georges
Date
03/09/1926
Duration of swim
02:00
Notes
Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure
Unknown
(9)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Michel, Georges - 08/08/1926
Swimmer(s)
Michel, Georges
Date
08/08/1926
Duration of swim
13:00
Notes
Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Michel, Georges - 10/09/1926
Description
Started Cap Gris Nez, finished St Margarets Bay 7.25am
Swimmer(s)
Michel, Georges
Date
10/09/1926
Successful swim number
9
Successful swimmer number
9
Successful swim number France - England
6
Duration of swim
11:06
Notes
LONDON, Sept. 10 1926 -- The world's English Channel swimming record, held within five weeks by an American for twenty-four days and by a German for eleven, flitted to France today when Georges Michel, doughty Paris baker, kneaded his way across "La Manche" (the Sleeve), as the French call the Channel, in 11 hours 5 minutes. Michel landed in St Margarets Bay, midway between Dover and Deal. When he took the water last evening sea conditions were favorable, and there was good swimming virtually all the way to England until the last two miles, when the wind began to stiffen. At the start there was a fast tide under, him, and when flood tide began it carried him along way across. Started on Ebb Tide Michel, in addition to breaking the record, also upset all precedents in starting. He left the rocks at Gris-Nez an hour before low tide, Instead of four hours before high tide. He believed that in starting thus he could accomplish the feat before him in 10 hours. The experts, however, doubted this... Perhaps his best previous swim was Aug 1 when he won the cross Paris Marathon on the River Seine. He made the 26 miles, aided by a strong current, in llh 20m. The first Frenchman to swim the Channel is of Herculean build and is outclassed in size among Channel aspirants only by the giant Egyptian, Ishak Helmy, who has failed in all his efforts to get from France to the chalk cliffs about Dover. Michel had been trying every year since 1922 to make the trip. His last attempt before today was on Sept 4, when he was balked by bad weather after being in the water a little more than an hour... Michel is no youngster, but is nearing middle age. He is remarkable for his size, being taller than most Frenchmen, and only a few can boast of being broader either around the shoulders or waist. He carries more than one chin above his broad, fleshy shoulders. Nine times before last night, Michel strode into the channel in attempt to conquer her. Two of his unsuccessful starts were made this year. He never set up training quarters at Gris-Nez and devoted weeks to accustoming himself to the Channel waters, as do most of those who make the attempt. It was always his practice, whenever the notion struck him with particular force, to turn his bakery shop in a Parisian suburb over to his wife, take a train to the coast and, after two or three days of practice, start for the English shore.
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Michel, Georges - 14/08/1922
Swimmer(s)
Michel, Georges
Date
14/08/1922
Duration of swim
07:10
Notes
Boulogne. Dail Sketch £1000 prize attempt
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Michel, Georges - 20/08/1922
Swimmer(s)
Michel, Georges
Date
20/08/1922
Duration of swim
18:30
Pilot boat
Sea Smack
Notes
Daily Sketch £1000 prize attempt
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Michel, Georges - 27/07/1922
Swimmer(s)
Michel, Georges
Date
27/07/1922
Duration of swim
16:00
Pilot boat
Ecllaireur
Notes
Cap Gris Nez. Daily Sketch £1000 prize attempt
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Mickman, Philip - 23/08/1949
Swimmer(s)
Mickman, Philip
Date
23/08/1949
Successful swim number
30
Successful swimmer number
28
Successful swim number France - England
25
Duration of swim
23:48
Notes
Cap Gris Nez to Kingsdown
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Mickman, Philip - 24/07/1949
Swimmer(s)
Mickman, Philip
Date
24/07/1949
Duration of swim
13:00
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Mickman, Philip - 31/08/1948
Swimmer(s)
Mickman, Philip
Date
31/08/1948
Duration of swim
12:15
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Millard, Roy M. - 21/08/1957
Swimmer(s)
Millard, Roy M.
Date
21/08/1957
Duration of swim
10:00
Notes
5th Butlins Race.
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Millard, Roy M. - 24/08/1958
Swimmer(s)
Millard, Roy M.
Date
24/08/1958
Duration of swim
09:40
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Millard, Roy M. - 27/08/1959
Swimmer(s)
Millard, Roy M.
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)
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