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GERGermanySport:SwimmingNathalie Pohl is a German open-water swimmer born in Marburg an der Lahn on 13 October 1994. She began swimming lessons at five. At eighteen, rereading a childhood book about a woman who crossed the English Channel helped turn a familiar story into a personal goal. Her first open-water swim came in June 2014, when she crossed the width of Lake Constance.
The Channel required another stage of preparation. An attempt in 2015 ended when her coach stopped the swim. Pohl’s account of the following year describes more intensive physical and mental training, a departure in darkness and demanding currents during the final hours. The CS&PF records her successful England-to-France crossing on 21 September 2016 in 11 hours 10 minutes, escorted by Eddie Spelling aboard Mighty Mo.
In July 2026 she returned as part of an international four-woman relay with Mariam Binladen, Mariana Moura Santos and Jasmine Harrison. The project marked the centenary of Gertrude Ederle’s crossing and supported children learning to swim through Swim for Kids. Its published 11-hour-28-minute result belongs to the whole team. The CSA describes this later crossing as a Special Category Swim; it is presented separately from Pohl’s solo achievement.
The recorded nationality is Germany.
2016 solo crossing · 11 hours 10 minutes · 2026 team relay also documented
Also recorded as Nathalie Luisa Pohl.
Crossing details, recordings & verificationSolo swim
Wednesday, 21 September 2016 (recorded swim date)
England → France
Elapsed time · 11h 10m 0s
Start clock · Clock time not confirmed
Finish clock · Clock time not confirmed
Published account checked · See the crossing record for qualifications and supporting evidence.
Relay · team performance
Friday, 17 July 2026 – Saturday, 18 July 2026
England → France
Special Category Swim · ratification not independently confirmed. The reported clocks do not exactly reconcile with the published elapsed time.
Nathalie Pohl Relay · Nathalie Pohl · Mariam Binladen · Mariana Moura Santos · Jasmine Harrison
Team elapsed time · 11h 28m
Start clock · About 13:30 · Time zone not specified
Finish clock · 01:12 · Time zone not specified
Published account checked · See the crossing record for qualifications and supporting evidence.
Thursday, 13 October 1994
Her official biography identifies Marburg an der Lahn as her birthplace.
June 2014
Crossed the width of Lake Constance, beginning the open-water progression described in her athlete biography.
2015
Her coach stopped the attempt; this is a preparation milestone, not a completed crossing.
Wednesday, 21 September 2016
The CS&PF annual record lists 11:10:00 with Eddie Spelling and Mighty Mo.
Saturday, 18 July 2026
The Nathalie Pohl Relay finished in 11:28; CSA labels the swim Special Category and ratification has not been independently confirmed.
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Selected swimming performances appear in the English Channel record above.
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