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Canadians Cross the Channel (17)



YEAR SWIMMER Direction and
CSA Registration Number
TIME
1951 Winnie Roach FE-26 13:25
1955 Marilyn Bell FE-32 14:36
1956 Jacques Amyot (1) FE-34 13:02
1957 Gerald Forsberg
World Record
EF-13 13:33
1963 Claudia McPherson FE-76 17:17
1964 Robert Cossette
Polio Victim
FE-85 12:05
1975 Jacques Amyot (2) FE-95 12:33
Cindy Nicholas (FE-1) FE-127 9:46
1976 Cindy Nicholas (EF-1) EF-117 10:20
Cindy Nicholas (EF-2) EF-119 10:24
1977 Cindy Nicholas (EFE-1)
First Woman Two-way
EFE-6 19:55
1978 Cindy Nicholas (FE-2)
Queen of The Channel - 6 Crossings
FE-138 12:15
Loreen Passfield EF-159 9.02
1979 Cindy Nicholas (EF-3) EF-180 10:10
Cindy Nicholas (FE-3) FE-139 10:45
Cindy Nicholas (EFE-2)
World Record
Queen of The Channel - 9 Crossings
EFE-7 19:12
1980 Cindy Nicholas (EF-4) EF-200 10:19
Cindy Nicholas (EF-5)
Queen of The Channel - 11 Crossings
EF-206 10:00
1981 Cindy Nicholas (EF-6) EF-216 10:11
Cindy Nicholas (EFE-3)
Splits: 8:29 (World Record) and 13:52
Queen of The Channel - 15 Crossings
EFE-9 22:21
1982 Cindy Nicholas (EFE-4)
World Record
EFE-10 18:51
Cindy Nicholas (EFE-5)
Queen of The Channel - 19 Crossings
EFE-11 20:09
1987 Nathalie Patenaude EF-321 9:56
1988 John Cormier EF-348 11:40
1989 Vicki Keith
First crossing on Butterfly
EF-367 23:33
Vincent Pogachar
Oldest Successful Swimmer
EF-369 15:50
David Frank EF-381 11:22
Barbara McNeill EF-382 17:10
Kim Middleton EF-384 16:33
1995 Shane Collins EF-510 13:59
2000 Bill Borger EF-639 12:11

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