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AUSAustraliaSport:SwimmingChloë McCardel is an Australian marathon swimmer and coach, raised in Melbourne. Her Channel career began on 21 September 2009 and developed through repeated solo and multi-way crossings. In August 2015 she completed a non-stop triple, and in 2016 she made eight Channel crossings in one year.
On Wednesday 13 October 2021 she completed her 44th career crossing, overtaking Alison Streeter’s total of 43. The final swim, from England to France, took 10 hours and one minute. Her 44 crossings comprise 35 single swims, three doubles and one triple; the legs of each multi-way swim count towards that career total.
McCardel has also coached swimmers preparing for solo and relay Channel attempts, with her official biography recording more than 150 participants. Her wider endurance achievements include a long ocean swim in the Bahamas in 2014, and she has spoken about encouraging more women and girls to pursue ambitious sporting goals.
44 career crossings · record-breaking swim on 13 October 2021
Crossing details, recordings & verificationSolo swim
Wednesday, 13 October 2021 (completion)
England → France
Elapsed time · 10h 1m
Start clock · Clock time not confirmed
Finish clock · 14:16 · Time zone not specified
Ratifying body's record checked · See the crossing record for qualifications and supporting evidence.
Solo swim
Monday, 21 September 2009 (recorded swim date)
England–France
Completed first crossing of an unfinished double. Published dates differ between 20 and 21 September.
Elapsed time · 12h 3m 36s
Start clock · Clock time not confirmed
Finish clock · Clock time not confirmed
Sources disagree · See the crossing record for qualifications and supporting evidence.
Solo swim
Thursday, 22 July 2010 (recorded swim date)
England–France–England
Elapsed time · 21h 48m
Start clock · Clock time not confirmed
Finish clock · Clock time not confirmed
Ratifying body's record checked · See the crossing record for qualifications and supporting evidence.
Solo swim
Sunday, 9 August 2015 (completion)
England–France–England–France
CSA explicitly records completion on 9 August; a separate archive dates the swim to 7 August.
Elapsed time · 36h 12m
Start clock · Clock time not confirmed
Finish clock · 17:30 · Time zone not specified
Sources disagree · See the crossing record for qualifications and supporting evidence.
Solo swim
Saturday, 8 September 2012 (recorded swim date)
England → France → England
Completed double; elapsed time disputed. CSA publishes 19:21, while the athlete reports 19:20 and the historical leg times total 19:20.
Elapsed time · 19h 21m
Start clock · Clock time not confirmed
Finish clock · Clock time not confirmed
Sources disagree · See the crossing record for qualifications and supporting evidence.
Solo swim
Tuesday, 29 August 2017 (completion)
England → France → England
Elapsed time · 20h 34m
Start clock · Clock time not confirmed
Finish clock · 00:09 · Time zone not specified
Ratifying body's record checked · See the crossing record for qualifications and supporting evidence.
Solo · 1-way
England–France
Monday, 25 July 2011 (recorded swim date)
Elapsed time · 9h 3m
Start clock · Clock time not confirmed
Finish clock · Clock time not confirmed
Ratifying body's record checked · See the crossing record for qualifications and supporting evidence.
Open-water swimming · Solo swim
Monday, 20 October 2014 – Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Bahamas
Completed the ocean swim from Lighthouse Beach across Exuma Sound to Nassau.
Elapsed time · 41h 21m
Published distance · 124.4 km
Ratification reported by source · Details and qualifications are in the career evidence.
Open-water swimming · Solo swim
2012 · exact day not confirmed
Completed the single crossing listed in her 2012 achievements.
Elapsed time · 4h 59m
Published distance · 19.7 km
Published account checked · Details and qualifications are in the career evidence.
Open-water swimming · Race
Saturday, 12 June 2010 (event date)
Pier A, Battery, Manhattan, New York, USA
Won the solo race around Manhattan, finishing five seconds ahead of Jaime Caballero Echeverría. A five-person relay finished ahead of the solo field.
Published distance · 28.5 miles (race report)
Placing / category · 1st, solo swimmers
Published elapsed time · 7h 53m 54s
Published account checked · Details and qualifications are in the career evidence.
21 September 2009
The beginning of her 44-crossing career.
2014
Completed a 124.4-km swim documented by Guinness.
8–9 August 2015
Became the fourth person to complete a continuous triple.
2016
A prolific season in her build-up to the career milestone.
13 October 2021
Surpassed Alison Streeter’s total of 43.
Saturday, 8 September 2012
The successful two-way swim has a one-minute discrepancy between CSA’s total and the athlete’s account, retained on the crossing record.
Tuesday, 29 August 2017
CSA records a 00:09 completion and 20:34 elapsed time, with matching 10:26 and 10:08 legs.
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Selected swimming performances appear in the English Channel record above.
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