Channel Swimming - Successful Swim by Philip Mickman (1952)

Philip Mickman
Time: 18 hours 44 minutes
Date: 21 September 1952
Route: England » France
The 1542nd fastest time out of 1691 solo swims.
Organisation: Channel Swimming Association
Observer: Unknown
Pilot: Jack Burwill
Escort Boat: Unknown
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Additional Swim Information:

St. Margaret's Bay to Cap Blanc Nez.

This swim made him the youngest (at 21 years old), and only the fourth ever, person to have swum both from England to France, and from France to England.

Trained by Temme.
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