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English Channel swim by Philip Mickman

Swam the Channel in 18 hours and 44 minutes
The 2,503rd fastest time out of 2,666 solo swims
Date: 21 September 1952
Country: UK
Age: 21
Category: Solo Swim
Route: England  >  France
Organisation: Channel Swimming Association
Pilot: Jack Burwill
Observer: Unknown
Escort Boat: Unknown
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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