With Chloe McCardel’s recent spree of English Channel swims, the leaderboard of total career Channel crossings (with Alison Streeter at the top) has been in the news.
We wondered: Which swimmers have accumulated the most two-way crossings of the Channel? A quick query on the LongSwims Database offers the following:
- Cindy Nicholas (CAN) – 5
- Alison Streeter (GBR) – 4 (including one 3-way)
- Chloe McCardel (AUS) – 4 (including one 3-way)
- Kevin Murphy (GBR) – 3
- Marcy MacDonald (USA) – 3
- Stuart Johnson (AUS) – 3
- Jon Erikson (USA) – 3 (including one 3-way)
Data courtesy LongSwimsDB, CSA, and CS&PF.