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Marilyn Korzekwa crossed the English Channel from England to France in 16 hours 40 minutes on 21 August 2011.
View athlete profileKorzekwa was 54 when she crossed the English Channel. Solo Swims of Ontario credits her as the first Canadian to complete the English Channel, Catalina and Manhattan Triple Crown. The organisation also records her separate California Triple Crown, which includes Lake Tahoe and the Santa Barbara Channel.
The English Channel swim on 21 August 2011 took 16 hours 40 minutes. The Catalina federation records 14 hours 24 minutes 24 seconds on 30 August 2013. In New York the 12 July 2014 Manhattan circuit took 10 hours 2 minutes 21 seconds.
Elapsed time · 16:40:00 (h:mm:ss)
Course · England to France
Departure clock · 04:24:00
Arrival clock · 21:04:00
Pilot · Fred Mardle
Escort vessel · Masterpiece
Ratification · Channel Swimming Association
Sporting country on this result · Canada
Record note · The historical register describes her as the oldest Canadian woman to have completed the crossing at the time, aged 54.
Clock basis · The source does not specify a time zone.
Elapsed time · 14:24:24 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Santa Catalina Island to the California mainland
Ratification · Catalina Channel Swimming Federation
Sporting country on this result · Canada
Catalina Channel Swimming Federation, solo 274 · Marilyn Korzekwa, Canada
Elapsed time · 10:02:21 (h:mm:ss)
Course · Counterclockwise around Manhattan
Sporting country on this result · CAN
Published place · 4
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