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Barbara Pellick crossed the English Channel from England to France in 12 hours 23 minutes on 4 July 1995.
View athlete profilePellick began crossing Western Australia’s Rottnest Channel before her English Channel solo. In 1994 she swam from the mainland to Rottnest and back in 12 hours 6 minutes 12 seconds. The Rottnest Channel Swim Association inducted her into its Hall of Fame in 2015.
The English Channel swim on 4 July 1995 took 12 hours 23 minutes. The Catalina federation records 11 hours 19 minutes 30 seconds on 11 August 2013. In New York the 17 June 2000 Manhattan circuit took 8 hours 15 minutes 50 seconds.
Elapsed time · 12:23:00 (h:mm:ss)
Course · England to France
Pilot · Michael Oram
Escort vessel · Aegean Blue
Observer · E. Ruston
Ratification · Channel Swimming Association
Sporting country on this result · Australia
Elapsed time · 11:19:30 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Santa Catalina Island to the California mainland
Ratification · Catalina Channel Swimming Federation
Sporting country on this result · Australia
Catalina Channel Swimming Federation, solo 266 · Barbara Pellick, Australia
Elapsed time · 8:15:50 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Counterclockwise around Manhattan
Start location · Pier A, Battery
Landing · Pier A, Battery
Sporting country on this result · AUS
Published place · 4
Elapsed time · 5:33:50 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 85
Elapsed time · 12:06:12 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Mainland to Rottnest Island and back
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 126
Elapsed time · 5:45:57 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 141
Elapsed time · 5:23:58 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 174
Elapsed time · 5:18:20 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 221
Elapsed time · 5:40:20 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 273
Elapsed time · 5:47:05 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 322
Elapsed time · 5:20:04 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 364
Elapsed time · 5:05:20 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 378
Elapsed time · 5:08:44 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 480
Elapsed time · 5:30:17 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 594
Elapsed time · 7:18:57 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 709
Elapsed time · 5:49:32 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 813
Elapsed time · 5:38:49 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 966
Elapsed time · 6:50:02 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 1091
Elapsed time · 5:27:21 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 1174
Elapsed time · 5:29:22 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 1185
Elapsed time · 5:33:22 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 1231
Elapsed time · 6:22:18 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 1276
Elapsed time · 5:49:02 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 1378
Elapsed time · 7:14:39 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 1464
Elapsed time · 6:57:12 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 1636
Elapsed time · 6:39:06 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 2173
Elapsed time · 6:06:33 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 2416
Elapsed time · 6:59:59 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 2709
Elapsed time · 5:35:00 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Rottnest Island to the mainland
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 2845
Elapsed time · 7:24:55 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 3313
Elapsed time · 6:17:34 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 3838
Elapsed time · 7:33:15 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Western Australian mainland to Rottnest Island
Rottnest Channel Swim Association, April 2024 register, swim 4061
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