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USAUnited StatesSport:SwimmingDoreen Miller, widely known as Dori, is an American Channel swimmer whose endurance career continued after she moved to Australia. Her New England Masters Hall of Fame profile traces her swimming to age eleven in New Haven, Connecticut, followed by an athletic scholarship to the University of Maryland. She moved to Sydney in 2009 and joined Bondi Surf Club the following year.
Miller’s Channel record includes one-way swims in 2008, 2010 and 2012. The 2012 effort illustrates the difference between crossing the Channel and completing a double: she reached France in 11 hours 45 minutes 15 seconds, then attempted a return that ended unsuccessfully after a further 8 hours 57 minutes 45 seconds.
In 2014 she completed the double with pilot Lance Oram aboard Sea Satin. Her outward leg took 12 hours 8 minutes and the return 14 hours 13 minutes, totalling 26 hours 21 minutes. The historical register dates the swim to 4 August, the annual table to 5 August, and a separate summary to 4/5 August. The Hall of Fame’s stray reference to 2016 conflicts with its own list and the federation’s 2014 season review.
Her later recognition included New South Wales’s Masters surf-lifesaving athlete award in 2014, a national Masters Legend honour in 2022 and New England Masters Hall of Fame recognition in 2023.
The recorded nationality is United States.
2014 Channel double · 26 hours 21 minutes
Also recorded as Dori Miller.
Crossing details, recordings & verificationSolo swim
Saturday, 7 August 2010 (recorded swim date)
England → France
Elapsed time · 10h 38m 30s
Start clock · Clock time not confirmed
Finish clock · Clock time not confirmed
Published account checked · See the crossing record for qualifications and supporting evidence.
Solo swim
Wednesday, 8 August 2012 (recorded swim date)
England → France
One completed England-to-France crossing. The subsequent return leg ended unsuccessfully after 8:57:45.
Elapsed time · 11h 45m 15s
Start clock · Clock time not confirmed
Finish clock · Clock time not confirmed
Published account checked · See the crossing record for qualifications and supporting evidence.
Solo swim
Monday, 4 August 2014 (recorded swim date)
England → France → England
One continuous double, 26:21. Historical records give 4 August 2014; the annual table gives 5 August. Hall of Fame prose says 2016, contradicting its own list and the federation’s 2014 review.
Elapsed time · 26h 21m
Start clock · Clock time not confirmed
Finish clock · Clock time not confirmed
Sources disagree · See the crossing record for qualifications and supporting evidence.
Friday, 8 August 2008
The federation’s named historical entry records an England-to-France solo.
2009
Her Hall of Fame biography dates her move to Australia to 2009.
Wednesday, 8 August 2012
Completed the first leg in 11:45:15 before an unsuccessful second leg.
2014
Completed the two legs in a combined 26:21; calendar-date discrepancies are retained with the performance.
2022
The Hall of Fame biography records Surf Life Saving Australia recognition.
Monday, 12 June 2023
The regional Masters body published its Dori Miller honoree biography.
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Selected swimming performances appear in the English Channel record above.
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