Search swimsCurrently displaying: 12 results You've searched for:Surname: "A" xNationality: "Egypt" 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 (4)Failed (8)Filter by Crossings One Way Swim (5)Filter by Ratified Butlins (1)CSA (1)Daily Mail (2)Filter by Year 1947 (1)1948 (2)1949 (2)1950 (1)1951 (3)1952 (2)1955 (1)Filter by Decade 1940s (5)1950s (7) Sort by: OldestNewestSwimmerSuccessful swim numberSuccessful swimmer number Attallah, Fahmy - 05/09/1947Swimmer(s) Attallah, FahmyDate 05/09/1947Duration of swim 21:30Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Attallah, Fahmy - 29/08/1948Swimmer(s) Attallah, FahmyDate 29/08/1948Duration of swim 24:00:00Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Abdu, Abdel Moniem - 04/09/1948Swimmer(s) Abdu, Abdel MoneimDate 04/09/1948Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Number of crossings One Way Swim (644)Attallah, Fahmy - 04/09/1949Swimmer(s) Attallah, FahmyDate 04/09/1949Duration of swim 22:30Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Attallah, Fahmy - 02/10/1949Swimmer(s) Attallah, FahmyDate 02/10/1949Duration of swim 16:00Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Attallah, Fahmy - 22/08/1950Swimmer(s) Attallah, FahmyDate 22/08/1950Duration of swim 27:13:00Notes First Daily Mail RaceSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Ratified Daily Mail (47)Abdu, Abdel Moniem - 28/07/1951Swimmer(s) Abdu, Abdel MoneimDate 28/07/1951Duration of swim UnknownNotes 5 Egyptians swam together. All gave up together 7 miles off DoverSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Abouheif, Abdel Latif - 28/07/1951Swimmer(s) Abouheif, Abdel LatifDate 28/07/1951Successful swim number 45Successful swimmer number 39Successful swim number France - England 39Duration of swim 15:43Notes Cap Gris Nez to Fan BaySuccess/failure Successful (681)Direction(s) France-England (736)Number of crossings One Way Swim (644)Ratified CSA (473)Arabi, Saied El - 16/08/1951Swimmer(s) Arabi, Saied ElDate 16/08/1951Successful swim number 52Successful swimmer number 42Successful swim number France - England 45Duration of swim 12:42Notes Second Daily Mail RaceSuccess/failure Successful (681)Direction(s) France-England (736)Number of crossings One Way Swim (644)Ratified Daily Mail (47)Attallah, Fahmy - 15/08/1952Swimmer(s) Attallah, FahmyDate 15/08/1952Duration of swim 20:00Notes One of a large Egypt team that trained for the 1952 Race which never happenedSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Abdu, Abdel Moneim - 18/08/1952Swimmer(s) Abdu, Abdel MoneimDate 18/08/1952Successful swim number 71Successful swimmer number 53Successful swim number France - England 62Duration of swim 17:30Notes Cap Gris Nez to Shakespeare CliffSuccess/failure Successful (681)Direction(s) France-England (736)Number of crossings One Way Swim (644)Abouheif, Abdel Latif - 15/08/1955Description START 5 47 am. FINISH 5 31 pm. Cap Gris-Nez. Langdon Steps. Stroke Front Crawl.Swimmer(s) Abouheif, Abdel LatifDate 15/08/1955Successful swim number 89Successful swimmer number 39Successful swim number France - England 74Duration of swim 11:44Notes 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 (736)Number of crossings One Way Swim (644)Ratified Butlins (192)