Search swimsCurrently displaying: 35 results You've searched for:Nationality: "France" xCentury: "20th" xDirection: "France-England" x Field to search All fieldsSuccessful swim numberSuccessful swimmer numberSwim ranking (England-France)Swim ranking (France-England) Search term Filter by Success Successful (8)Failed (26)Unknown (1)Filter by Crossings One Way Swim (8)Filter by Ratified Butlins (2)CSA (1)Daily Mail (6)Independent (3)Filter by Surname A (1)B (2)L (1)M (19)P (6)R (1)S (5)Filter by Year 1922 (8)1923 (1)1924 (1)1925 (1)1926 (5)1936 (1)1949 (1)1950 (5)1951 (3)1958 (4)1959 (2)1961 (1)1963 (2)Filter by Decade 1920s (16)1930s (1)1940s (1)1950s (14)1960s (3) Sort by: OldestNewestSwimmerSuccessful swim numberSuccessful swimmer number PAGE: 12Next > Michel, Georges - 27/07/1922Swimmer(s) Michel, GeorgesDate 27/07/1922Duration of swim 16:00Pilot boat EcllaireurNotes Cap Gris Nez. Daily Sketch £1000 prize attemptSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Michel, Georges - 02/08/1922Swimmer(s) Michel, GeorgesDate 02/08/1922Duration of swim 02:00Notes Daily Sketch £1000 prize attemptSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Michel, Georges - 03/08/1922Swimmer(s) Michel, GeorgesDate 03/08/1922Duration of swim 09:00Notes Daily Sketch £1000 prize attemptSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Pouilley, Georges - 04/08/1922Description Began 5 a.m. Cap Gris Nez, swam for 4 hoursSwimmer(s) Pouilley, GeorgesDate 04/08/1922Duration of swim 04:00Notes Cap Gris NezSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Michel, Georges - 14/08/1922Swimmer(s) Michel, GeorgesDate 14/08/1922Duration of swim 07:10Notes Boulogne. Dail Sketch £1000 prize attemptSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Michel, Georges - 20/08/1922Swimmer(s) Michel, GeorgesDate 20/08/1922Duration of swim 18:30Pilot boat Sea SmackNotes Daily Sketch £1000 prize attemptSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Michel, Georges - 02/09/1922Swimmer(s) Michel, GeorgesDate 02/09/1922Duration of swim UnknownNotes Point du Ridan. Daily Sketch £1000 prize attemptSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Sion, Madame Jeanne - 05/09/1922Swimmer(s) Sion, Madame JeanneDate 05/09/1922Duration of swim 14:35Notes Cap Gris NezSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Michel, Georges - 02/09/1923Swimmer(s) Michel, GeorgesDate 02/09/1923Duration of swim 10:30Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Sion, Madame Jeanne - 21/07/1924Swimmer(s) Sion, Madame JeanneDate 21/07/1924Duration of swim 11:00Pilot Captain LemairePilot boat Champion tugNotes Cap Gris NezSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Sion, Madame Jeanne - 04/08/1925Swimmer(s) Sion, Madame JeanneDate 04/08/1925Duration of swim 13:40Pilot boat Champion tug of CalaisNotes Cap Gris NezSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Michel, Georges - 08/08/1926Swimmer(s) Michel, GeorgesDate 08/08/1926Duration of swim 13:00Notes Cap Gris NezSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Sion, Madame Jeanne - 10/08/1926Swimmer(s) Sion, Madame JeanneDate 10/08/1926Duration of swim 04:00Notes Cap Gris NezSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Le Driant, Joseph - 23/08/1926Swimmer(s) Le Driant, JosephDate 23/08/1926Duration of swim 03:30Notes Cap Gris NezSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Michel, Georges - 03/09/1926Swimmer(s) Michel, GeorgesDate 03/09/1926Duration of swim 02:00Notes Cap Gris NezSuccess/failure Unknown (9)Direction(s) France-England (736)Michel, Georges - 10/09/1926Description Started Cap Gris Nez, finished St Margarets Bay 7.25amSwimmer(s) Michel, GeorgesDate 10/09/1926Successful swim number 9Successful swimmer number 9Successful swim number France - England 6Duration of swim 11:06Notes 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)Roux, Gabriel - 01/09/1936Description Started 6.58 pm Cap Gris Nez. Gave up after 4 hours due to cold, was 9 miles west of Cap Gris Nez. Returned to Calais on tug, arriving 1.30 a.m.Swimmer(s) Roux, GabrielDate 01/09/1936Duration of swim 04:00Pilot boat Le Ramier tug of CherbourgSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Perez, Francois - 04/09/1949Swimmer(s) Perez, FrancoisDate 04/09/1949Duration of swim 04:00Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Soron, Emile - 22/08/1950Swimmer(s) Soron, EmileDate 22/08/1950Duration of swim 01:30Notes First Daily Mail RaceSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Ratified Daily Mail (47)Pique, Germaine - 22/08/1950Swimmer(s) Pique, GermaineDate 22/08/1950Duration of swim 05:15Notes First Daily Mail RaceSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Ratified Daily Mail (47)Morvan, Roger Le - 22/08/1950Swimmer(s) Morvan, Roger LeDate 22/08/1950Successful swim number 37Successful swimmer number 33Successful swim number France - England 31Duration of swim 11:03Notes First Daily Mail Race. Landed South ForelandSuccess/failure Successful (681)Direction(s) France-England (736)Number of crossings One Way Swim (644)Ratified Daily Mail (47)Alfonsi, Georges - 23/08/1950Description Started Cap Gris Nez, Food; cold roast chicken and sugar lumps. Gave up at 01.19 a.m. after 1 hour "leisurely crawl" with stomach cramps, later diagnosed as appendicitisSwimmer(s) Alfonsi, GeorgesDate 23/08/1950Duration of swim 1:00Notes Made 'little progress'Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Bombard, Dr. Alain Louis - 05/09/1950Swimmer(s) Bombard, Dr. Alain LouisDate 05/09/1950Duration of swim 03:15Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Bombard, Dr. Alain Louis - 16/08/1951Swimmer(s) Bombard, Dr. Alain LouisDate 16/08/1951Duration of swim 12:50Notes Second Daily Mail RaceSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Ratified Daily Mail (47) PAGE: 12Next >