Spain

Castello, Segundo - 24/08/1958
Swimmer(s)

Castello, Segundo
Date
24/08/1958
Duration of swim
09:00
Success/failure

Failed (712)
Direction(s)

France-England (725)
Ratified

Butlins (192)
de Lars (Delara), Luis Rodriguez - 20/09/1926
Swimmer(s)

Lara (Delara), Luis Rodriguez de
Date
20/09/1926
Duration of swim
Unknown
Notes
Fatal Unescorted Attempt. Body found at Boulogne 29/9/27. Rodriguez de Lara was apparently a member of Spanish nobility and son of a Colonel but as a young officer he had deserted when his regiment was sent to fight in Morocco. He had fled to France and became a waiter in Boulogne. There is a strong suggestion that, on a day off at the beach, having bragged he too could swim the Channel after the fanfare of Gertrude Ederle’s success a month earlier, his friends threw him in the sea at Cran aux Oeufs as a prank and he decided to show them and try and swim it.
Success/failure

Failed (712)
Direction(s)

France-England (725)
Galiano, Louis - 27/08/1958
Swimmer(s)

Galiano, Louis
Date
27/08/1958
Duration of swim
01:30
Notes
Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure

Failed (712)
Direction(s)

France-England (725)
Martin, Demetrio - 17/08/1959
Swimmer(s)

Martin, Demetrio
Date
17/08/1959
Duration of swim
14:00
Notes
Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure

Failed (712)
Direction(s)

France-England (725)
Martinez, Jordi - 20/09/1984
Swimmer(s)

Martinez, Jordi
Date
20/09/1984
Successful swim number
508
Successful swimmer number
291
Successful swim number England - France
289
Duration of swim
10:04
Success/failure

Successful (681)
Direction(s)

England-France (650)
Number of crossings

One Way Swim (642)
Ratified

CSA (473)
Ortiz, Agustin - 17/08/1959
Swimmer(s)

Ortiz, Agustin
Date
17/08/1959
Duration of swim
14:00
Notes
Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure

Failed (712)
Direction(s)

France-England (725)
Rodriguez, Rodolfo - 09/09/1959
Swimmer(s)

Rodriguez, Rodolfo
Date
09/09/1959
Successful swim number
124
Successful swimmer number
89
Successful swim number France - England
105
Duration of swim
12:53
Notes
Cap Gris Nez to Fan Bay
Success/failure

Successful (681)
Direction(s)

France-England (725)
Number of crossings

One Way Swim (642)
Ratified

CSA (473)
Tresserras, Montserrat 'Monty' - 04/09/1961
Swimmer(s)

Tresserras, Montserrat 'Monty'
Date
04/09/1961
Successful swim number
145
Successful swimmer number
75
Successful swim number England - France
26
Duration of swim
16:25
Notes
Started Shakespeare Beach Pilot Brickell
Success/failure

Successful (681)
Direction(s)

England-France (650)
Number of crossings

One Way Swim (642)
Ratified

CSA (473)
Tresserras, Montserrat 'Monty' - 15/08/1959
Swimmer(s)

Tresserras, Montserrat 'Monty'
Date
15/08/1959
Duration of swim
14:46
Notes
Shakespeare Beach to 1/2 mile from France
Success/failure

Failed (712)
Direction(s)

England-France (650)
Tresserras, Montserrat 'Monty' - 27/08/1958
Description
START 7. 00 a.m. (approx). FINISH 21 14 p.m. Cap Gris-Nez - St Margaret’s Bay. Observer Ray Scott.
Swimmer(s)

Tresserras, Montserrat 'Monty'
Date
27/08/1958
Successful swim number
107
Successful swimmer number
75
Successful swim number France - England
89
Duration of swim
14:14
Pilot
Capt. Lenard Hutchinson
Pilot boat
Victor
Notes
First Spanish Success
Success/failure

Successful (681)
Direction(s)

France-England (725)
Number of crossings

One Way Swim (642)
Ratified

CSA (473)
Vitos, Jose - 27/08/1958
Description
START 7 00 a.m. (approx). Cap Gris-Nez - Shakespeare Beach. Observer G Forsyth.
Swimmer(s)

Vitos, Jose
Date
27/08/1958
Successful swim number
108
Successful swimmer number
76
Successful swim number France - England
90
Duration of swim
15:11
Pilot
A.Liddon
Pilot boat
Golden Harvest
Notes
Landed Shakespeare Beach
Success/failure

Successful (681)
Direction(s)

France-England (725)
Number of crossings

One Way Swim (642)
Ratified

CSA (473)

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