Channel Swimming - Successful Swim by Colin Hill (2009)
Time: 10 hours 30 minutes
Date: 28 September 2009
Route: England » France
Joint 243rd fastest time out of 1691 solo swims (equal with 5 others).
Organisation: Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation
Observer: Unknown
Pilot: Lance OramEscort Boat: Unknown
Taken from Colin Hill's profile:'Inventor' of the Great Swim Series and former Head of Great Swim.
Currently Marathon Swimming Technical Operations Manager for London 2012 Olympics.
Swims include:
English Channel
Strait of Gibraltar (Europe to Africa) Oct 2011
Hellespont (Asia to Europe) – Turkey May 2010
Windermere Lake Two way (July 2009)
Messina Strait (Italy to Sicily) July 2010