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INDIndiaSport:SwimmingTaranath Narayan Shenoy is an Indian marathon swimmer whose career spans three English Channel crossings, the Catalina Channel and swims around Manhattan. Deaf and partially sighted, he communicated with his support teams using signs and built an international swimming career across several very different bodies of water.
His first successful Channel swim came on 18 August 1983, from France to England in 10 hours and 54 minutes. He returned in 1984 to swim in the opposite direction, then completed another England-to-France crossing in September 1985. The third swim, his fastest recorded Channel crossing, took 10 hours and 42 minutes. Ray Dixon piloted the escort and I. Muir observed that attempt.
Shenoy extended his international programme to California in 1987, completing Catalina in 10 hours and 15 minutes with coach Ninod Gurujee accompanying him. He also finished swims around Manhattan in 1987 and 1989. These achievements placed him among the early swimmers to complete the English Channel, Catalina and Manhattan combination now celebrated as the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.
Inducted into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 1987, Shenoy later contributed as a coach and organiser. At the 2012 National Deaf Swimming Championship he described his continued enthusiasm for helping swimmers develop, including coaching his son.
Three Channel crossings · Triple Crown swimmer
Also recorded as Taranath Shenoy.
Crossing details, recordings & verificationSolo swim
Thursday, 18 August 1983 (recorded swim date)
France → England
Elapsed time · 10h 54m
Start clock · Clock time not confirmed
Finish clock · Clock time not confirmed
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Solo swim
Sunday, 19 August 1984 (recorded swim date)
England → France
Elapsed time · 10h 55m
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
Saturday, 7 September 1985 (recorded swim date)
England → France
Elapsed time · 10h 42m
Start clock · Clock time not confirmed
Finish clock · Clock time not confirmed
Ratification reported by source · See the crossing record for qualifications and supporting evidence.
Open-water swimming · Solo swim
Friday, 25 September 1987 (start)
Catalina Channel, California, USA
Completed a solo Catalina Channel crossing.
Elapsed time · 10h 15m
Historical account checked · Details and qualifications are in the career evidence.
Open-water swimming · Race
Sunday, 9 August 1987 (event date)
Manhattan, New York, USA
Completed the counter-clockwise race around Manhattan.
Elapsed time · 8h 21m 9s
Placing / category · 16th overall
Published account checked · Details and qualifications are in the career evidence.
Thursday, 18 August 1983
Swam France-to-England in 10 hours 54 minutes.
Sunday, 19 August 1984
Completed England-to-France in 10 hours 55 minutes.
Saturday, 7 September 1985
Completed England-to-France in 10 hours 42 minutes.
Sunday, 9 August 1987
Finished the circumnavigation in 8 hours 21 minutes 9 seconds.
1987
Completed Catalina in 10 hours 15 minutes and was inducted into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.
Saturday, 19 August 1989
Recorded another finish in 8 hours 29 minutes 24 seconds.
2012
Worked at the National Deaf Swimming Championship as organiser and coach.
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