Ersin Aydın

Ersin Aydın learned to swim in irrigation canals in Adana, where he was born in 1947. He began club swimming with Adana Demirspor at twelve and joined Galatasaray in 1964. As a Turkish national swimmer he competed in distance races at home and overseas. Galatasaray records an early success at the Çanakkale marathon and ninth place in a field of 36 at the international Nile marathon, where he swam for 10 hours 55 minutes.

Aydın crossed the English Channel in each direction on separate visits. In August 1975 he swam from France to England in 16 hours 40 minutes with J. Heath piloting Opportunity. Two years later he swam from England to France in 13 hours 40 minutes, escorted by Fred Mardle aboard Joan of Arc. Between the two swims, in 1976, he published a book on swimming titled Yüzme.

His career also took him to the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles. He coached at Galatasaray as well as swimming for the club. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inducted him as an Honor Swimmer from Türkiye in 1979, the year he retired from professional competition.

The recorded nationality is Turkey.