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Feilen, Kurt - 15/08/1956
Swimmer(s)
Feilen, Kurt
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)
Fischer, Noel 'Fritz' - 07/09/1931
Swimmer(s)
Fischer, Noel 'Fritz'
Date
07/09/1931
Duration of swim
10:00
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Fischer, Noel 'Fritz' - 22/08/1932
Description
Started from Cap Gris Nez, abandoned after 12 hours 2 miles off Dover
Swimmer(s)
Fischer, Noel 'Fritz'
Date
22/08/1932
Duration of swim
12:10
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Fischer, Noel 'Fritz' - 28/08/1931
Description
Started Cap Gris Nez 9.55 a.m., abandoned due to rough seas and wind
Swimmer(s)
Fischer, Noel 'Fritz'
Date
28/08/1931
Duration of swim
06:10
Pilot boat
Notre Dame du Risban trawler of Calais
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Geiger, Oskar - 22/08/1950
Swimmer(s)
Geiger, Oskar
Date
22/08/1950
Duration of swim
00:00
Notes
First Daily Mail Race
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Daily Mail
(47)
Haevecker, Ulrich - 28/08/1982
Swimmer(s)
Haevecker, Ulrich
Date
28/08/1982
Successful swim number
458
Successful swimmer number
266
Successful swim number England - France
256
Duration of swim
17:05
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Kemmerich, Otto - 23/08/1926
Description
Started Cap Gris Nez 7.50 pm, attacked by shark or porpoise which head-butted him in stomach, 12 miles in 4 hours. Wore webbed gloves. Training diet was beer and cigars
Swimmer(s)
Kemmerich, Otto
Date
23/08/1926
Duration of swim
04:00
Pilot boat
Maurice of Boulogne trawler
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Koch, Fraulein Lu (Louisa) - 01/09/1934
Swimmer(s)
Koch, Fraulein Lulu (Louisa)
Date
01/09/1934
Duration of swim
14:30
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Koch, Fraulein Lu (Louisa) - 03/09/1933
Description
Started 8.37 am Cap Gris Nez
Swimmer(s)
Koch, Fraulein Lulu (Louisa)
Date
03/09/1933
Duration of swim
12:30
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Koch, Fraulein Lu (Louisa) - 25/08/1933
Description
Started 11.30 am, abandoned midnight, 1 mile off english coast, fainted in water. Eva Coleman, pqacemaker
Swimmer(s)
Koch, Fraulein Lulu (Louisa)
Date
25/08/1933
Duration of swim
12:20
Pilot boat
France tug of Dunkirk
Notes
Lulu Koch, Germany, abandoned her try after twelve hours and twenty minutes in the water. Miss Koch was but 1,640 feet from the English coast...Middletown Times Herald 26 August 1933
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Koch, Fraulein Lu (Louisa) –15/09/1932
Swimmer(s)
Koch, Fraulein Lulu (Louisa)
Date
15/09/1932
Duration of swim
06:00
Notes
Girls Try Channel. CAPE CRIS NEZ, France. A German girl, Lee Koch, and a Dutch girl F. Brouwer, started simultaneously to swim the English channel. It was the Brouwer girl's second attempt. They hoped to reach Dover together. Lincoln Nebraska State Journal September 15, 1932. THIRST BALKS GIRLS' CHANNEL ATTEMPTS. Cape Gris Nez, France. Sept. 15. A German girl. Loe Koch, and a Dutch Miss F. Brouwer, both abandoned attempts to swim the English Channel today after they had covered about ten miles. Both said they were unable to continue because of thirst. September 16 1932 Daily News from New York
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Neukirchen, Hans - 04/09/1961
Swimmer(s)
Neukirchen, Hans
Date
04/09/1961
Duration of swim
17:42
Notes
Started Shakespeare Beach. Abandoned due to arm injury
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Neukirchen, Hans - 13/08/1962
Swimmer(s)
Neukirchen, Hans
Date
13/08/1962
Duration of swim
03:13
Notes
Abandoned due to cold
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Neukirchen, Hans - 17/08/1960
Swimmer(s)
Neukirchen, Hans
Date
17/08/1960
Duration of swim
14:10
Notes
Abandoned 1.5 miles off St Margarets Bay
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Neukirchen, Hans - 18/08/1960
Swimmer(s)
Neukirchen, Hans
Date
18/08/1960
Duration of swim
14:12
Notes
Cap Gris Nez to 1.5 miles off St. Margarets Bay
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Neuschruber, Herbert - 30/08/1963
Swimmer(s)
Neuschruber, Herbert
Date
30/08/1963
Duration of swim
4:00
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Niemz, Vasanti - 09/09/1985
Swimmer(s)
Niemz, Vasanti
Date
09/09/1985
Successful swim number
525
Successful swimmer number
305
Successful swim number England - France
301
Duration of swim
17:01
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Plarre, Bruna Wendel - 25/08/1937
Description
Started Cap Gris Nez 5.50pm, gave up 9.30 am 5 miles off dover
Swimmer(s)
Plarre, Frau Bruna Wendel
Date
25/08/1937
Duration of swim
16:25
Trainer
T.W. Burgess
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Plarre, Bruna Wendel - 25/08/1938
Description
Covered 70 kilometers in 14 degrees of cold water. The reason for this was the current and the two changes of ebb and flow.
Swimmer(s)
Plarre, Frau Bruna Wendel
Date
25/08/1938
Successful swim number
23
Successful swimmer number
22
Successful swim number France - England
19
Duration of swim
15:33
Pilot boat
“Notre Dame de Lourdes,’ of Calais
Notes
Ratified and Observed by F.F.N.S. (Federation Francaise de Natation et de Sauvetage, i.e. French Swimming and Life-saving Federation)
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Schiff, Dr. Siegfried - 05/09/1929
Swimmer(s)
Schiff, Dr. Siegfried
Date
05/09/1929
Duration of swim
Unknown
Notes
Cap Gris Nez. Time not recorded as made "little progress"
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Schiff, Dr. Siegfried - 20/08/1929
Swimmer(s)
Schiff, Dr. Siegfried
Date
20/08/1929
Duration of swim
Unknown
Notes
Time not recorded as made "little progress"
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Schiff, Dr. Siegfried - 24/08/1928
Swimmer(s)
Schiff, Dr. Siegfried
Date
24/08/1928
Duration of swim
06:00
Pilot boat
La Morinie tug
Notes
Cap Gris Nex
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Schiff, Dr. Siegfried - 29/08/1927
Swimmer(s)
Schiff, Dr. Siegfried
Date
29/08/1927
Duration of swim
07:00
Notes
Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Strobel, Ernst - 12/09/1951
Swimmer(s)
Strobel, Ernst
Date
12/09/1951
Duration of swim
03:00
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
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