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HUNHungarySport:SwimmingAttila Mányoki is a Hungarian marathon swimmer, born in Zalaegerszeg on 3 September 1973. He joined his local swimming club in 1980, discovered open-water racing at a Balatonfüred-to-Siófok event in 1989 and began international competition in 1991. From 1993 his career included World Cup races across a wide range of conditions. He later trained under Nikos Gemelos and completed a 79.6-kilometre lengthwise swim of Lake Balaton in 2008.
The English Channel became the first stage of his Oceans Seven programme on 20 August 2013. The CSA's successful-swim entry records an England-to-France solo in 10 hours 47 minutes and its Fastest Swim by a Man award for that season. The Hungarian Olympic Committee's contemporary report agrees with that time and identifies Dover and Tardinghen as the endpoints. Mányoki's own biography reports 10 hours 48 minutes, so the difference is preserved rather than silently corrected.
His subsequent channel programme included Tsugaru, Molokai and Catalina before completion of the Oceans Seven in 2019. IMSHOF describes the combined speed record he established then as lasting until 2023. Its updated biography also records a Triple Crown completion in 2024. Mányoki had already entered the Hall of Fame as an Honor Swimmer in the Class of 2016.
The recorded nationality is Hungary.
2013 Channel solo · CSA fastest-man season award
Also recorded as Attila Manyoki, Mányoki Attila.
Crossing details, recordings & verificationSolo swim
Tuesday, 20 August 2013 (recorded swim date)
England → France
CSA and the Hungarian Olympic Committee report 10:47; Mányoki's own biography reports 10:48.
Elapsed time · 10h 47m
Start clock · Clock time not confirmed
Finish clock · Clock time not confirmed
Sources disagree · See the crossing record for qualifications and supporting evidence.
1989
His own biography identifies the Balatonfüred-to-Siófok race as the turning point.
2008
Completed the Balatonkenese-to-Keszthely swim.
Tuesday, 20 August 2013
Completed the first stage of his Oceans Seven; the CSA and athlete times differ by one minute.
2016
Recognised as an IMSHOF Honor Swimmer.
2019
Completed the seven-channel programme; IMSHOF credits him with the combined speed record that lasted until 2023.
2024
The updated IMSHOF biography records this further milestone.
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Selected swimming performances appear in the English Channel record above.
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