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Abdu, Abdel Moneim - 05/09/1950
Swimmer(s)
Abdu, Abdel Moneim
Date
05/09/1950
Duration of swim
18:00
Success/failure
Failed
(718)
Direction(s)
England-France
(653)
Abdu, Abdel Moneim - 18/08/1952
Swimmer(s)
Abdu, Abdel Moneim
Date
18/08/1952
Successful swim number
71
Successful swimmer number
53
Successful swim number France - England
62
Duration of swim
17:30
Notes
Cap Gris Nez to Shakespeare Cliff
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(727)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Abdu, Abdel Moniem - 04/09/1948
Swimmer(s)
Abdu, Abdel Moneim
Date
04/09/1948
Success/failure
Failed
(718)
Direction(s)
France-England
(727)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Abdu, Abdel Moniem - 15/08/1954
Swimmer(s)
Abdu, Abdel Moneim
Date
15/08/1954
Duration of swim
14:30
Success/failure
Failed
(718)
Direction(s)
England-France
(653)
Abdu, Abdel Moniem - 28/07/1951
Swimmer(s)
Abdu, Abdel Moneim
Date
28/07/1951
Duration of swim
Unknown
Notes
5 Egyptians swam together. All gave up together 7 miles off Dover
Success/failure
Failed
(718)
Direction(s)
France-England
(727)
Abouheif, Abdel Latif - 02/08/1953
Swimmer(s)
Abouheif, Abdel Latif
Date
02/08/1953
Successful swim number
75
Successful swimmer number
39
Successful swim number England - France
13
Duration of swim
13:45
Notes
Started as First Leg of Relay but completed the swim
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
England-France
(653)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Abouheif, Abdel Latif - 15/08/1955
Description
START 5 47 am. FINISH 5 31 pm. Cap Gris-Nez. Langdon Steps. Stroke Front Crawl.
Swimmer(s)
Abouheif, Abdel Latif
Date
15/08/1955
Successful swim number
89
Successful swimmer number
39
Successful swim number France - England
74
Duration of swim
11:44
Notes
Cap Gris Nez to Langdon Stairs 30 Sept 1929 – 21 April 2008 Has already swum the Channel in both directions. He was voted “The Marathon Swimmer of the 20th Century, 1953 he was first in the 29k River Seine race. In 1963 he won the 60 mile swim across Lake Michigan in a time of 35 hours. He was World Champion for 1964. 1965. and 1968. From 1953 to 1972 out of 68 top races he was only out of the top three on 12 occasions. He was a Graduate form Sandhurst Military Academy. Spoke 6 languages was a good pianist. He became a Colonel in the Egyptian Army.
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(727)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Abouheif, Abdel Latif - 28/07/1951
Swimmer(s)
Abouheif, Abdel Latif
Date
28/07/1951
Successful swim number
45
Successful swimmer number
39
Successful swim number France - England
39
Duration of swim
15:43
Notes
Cap Gris Nez to Fan Bay
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(727)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Arabi, Saied El - 16/08/1951
Swimmer(s)
Arabi, Saied El
Date
16/08/1951
Successful swim number
52
Successful swimmer number
42
Successful swim number France - England
45
Duration of swim
12:42
Notes
Second Daily Mail Race
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(727)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Daily Mail
(47)
Arabi, Saied El - 29/08/1952
Swimmer(s)
Arabi, Saied El
Date
29/08/1952
Successful swim number
72
Successful swimmer number
42
Successful swim number England - France
10
Duration of swim
17:42
Notes
St. Margarets Bay at 7 am
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
England-France
(653)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Attallah, Fahmy - 02/10/1949
Swimmer(s)
Attallah, Fahmy
Date
02/10/1949
Duration of swim
16:00
Success/failure
Failed
(718)
Direction(s)
France-England
(727)
Attallah, Fahmy - 04/09/1949
Swimmer(s)
Attallah, Fahmy
Date
04/09/1949
Duration of swim
22:30
Success/failure
Failed
(718)
Direction(s)
France-England
(727)
Attallah, Fahmy - 05/09/1947
Swimmer(s)
Attallah, Fahmy
Date
05/09/1947
Duration of swim
21:30
Success/failure
Failed
(718)
Direction(s)
France-England
(727)
Attallah, Fahmy - 15/08/1952
Swimmer(s)
Attallah, Fahmy
Date
15/08/1952
Duration of swim
20:00
Notes
One of a large Egypt team that trained for the 1952 Race which never happened
Success/failure
Failed
(718)
Direction(s)
France-England
(727)
Attallah, Fahmy - 22/08/1950
Swimmer(s)
Attallah, Fahmy
Date
22/08/1950
Duration of swim
27:13:00
Notes
First Daily Mail Race
Success/failure
Failed
(718)
Direction(s)
France-England
(727)
Ratified
Daily Mail
(47)
Attallah, Fahmy - 29/08/1939
Swimmer(s)
Attallah, Fahmy
Date
29/08/1939
Duration of swim
16:00
Success/failure
Failed
(718)
Direction(s)
England-France
(653)
Attallah, Fahmy - 29/08/1948
Swimmer(s)
Attallah, Fahmy
Date
29/08/1948
Duration of swim
24:00:00
Success/failure
Failed
(718)
Direction(s)
France-England
(727)
Dawoud, Mustafa - 22/07/1952
Swimmer(s)
Dawoud, Mustafa
Date
22/07/1952
Duration of swim
10:44
Success/failure
Failed
(718)
Direction(s)
France-England
(727)
Faidalla, Ibrahim - 07/08/1975
Swimmer(s)
Faidalla, Ibrahim
Date
07/08/1975
Successful swim number
274
Successful swimmer number
182
Successful swim number England - France
92
Duration of swim
09:50
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
England-France
(653)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Faidalla, Ibrahim - 21/08/1977
Swimmer(s)
Faidalla, Ibrahim
Date
21/08/1977
Successful swim number
333
Successful swimmer number
182
Successful swim number England - France
143
Duration of swim
11:06
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
England-France
(653)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Faidalla, Ibrahim - 22/08/1978
Swimmer(s)
Faidalla, Ibrahim
Date
22/08/1978
Successful swim number
354
Successful swimmer number
182
Successful swim number England - France
163
Duration of swim
10:04
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
England-France
(653)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Faidalla, Nazla - 06/08/1976
Swimmer(s)
Faidalla, Nazla
Date
06/08/1976
Successful swim number
308
Successful swimmer number
200
Successful swim number England - France
120
Duration of swim
10:39
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
England-France
(653)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Faidalla, Nazla - 22/08/1978
Swimmer(s)
Faidalla, Nazla
Date
22/08/1978
Successful swim number
359
Successful swimmer number
200
Successful swim number England - France
168
Duration of swim
12:16
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
England-France
(653)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Gad, Monir Amin - 14/08/1975
Swimmer(s)
Gad, Monir Amin
Date
14/08/1975
Successful swim number
276
Successful swimmer number
176
Successful swim number England - France
94
Duration of swim
09:40
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
England-France
(653)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
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