After Paul Leonard (54, UK, MSF bio here), Gráinne Moss née Gunn (55, Ireland, MSF bio here), and Karen Ennis (53, UK, MSF bio here) lined up on the shores of Kodomari in Aomori Prefecture, Japan and completed their final Oceans Seven crossing of the Tsugaru Channel, Anshuman Jhingran (21, India, MSF bio here, @anshuman_jhingran) was next.
The 21-year-old Indian Guinness World Record holder from Navi Mumbai, coached by Gokul Kamath, made it across to the shores of Hokkaido to become history’s most recent Oceans Seven swimmer. He said, “The conditions were extremely challenging. The wind and tide kept changing throughout the swim, making the sea quite rough. After we passed [Cape Tappi at the northernmost of Aomori Prefecture], the water temperature ranged between 15.5°C and 20°C which made the latter part of the swim particularly demanding.
With this crossing, I have now become the youngest male in the world to complete the Oceans Seven at 21 years 3 months and 17 days.“
Oceans Seven Journey of Anshuman Jhingran
- North Channel in 11 hours 28 minutes in July 2023
- Catalina Channel in 8 hours 38 minutes in August 2023
- Cook Strait in 6 hours 58 minutes in January 2024
- Molokai Channel in 14 hours 21 minutes in October 2024
- Strait of Gibraltar in 3 hours 51 minutes in May 2025
- English Channel in 15 hours 49 minutes in August 2025
- Tsugaru Channel in 12 hours 39 minutes 29 seconds on June 30th 2026
Among the several swimmers knocking on the door of the Oceans Seven, next up across the Tsugaru Channel is Joe Zemaitis (USA, MSF bio here), supported by his older brother John Zemaitis (USA, MSF bio here), between July 5th and 9th. Will the success streak continue?
Oceans Seven Swimmers
1st: Stephen Redmond (Ireland)
2nd: Anna-Carin Nordin (Sweden)
3rd: Michelle Macy (USA)
4th: Darren Miller (USA)
5th: Adam Walker (UK)
6th: Kimberley Chambers (New Zealand)
7th: Antonio Argüelles (Mexico)
8th: Ion Lazarenco Tiron (Moldavia/Ireland)
9th: Rohan Dattatrey More (India)
10th: Abhejali Bernardová (Czech Republic)
11th: Cameron Bellamy (South Africa)
12th: Lynton Mortensen (Australia)
13th: Thomas Pembroke (Australia)
14th: Nora Toledano Cadena (Mexico)
15th: Mariel Hawley Davila (Mexico)
16th: André Wiersig (Germany)
17th: Elizabeth Fry (USA)
18th: Attila Mányoki (Hungary)
19th: Jonathan Ratcliffe (UK)
20th: Jorge Crivilles Villanueva (Spain)]
21st: Adrian Sarchet (Guernsey)
22nd: Prabhat Koli (India)
23rd: Dina Levačić (Croatia)
24th: Herman van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
25th: Andy Donaldson (Scotland)
26th: Stephen Junk (Australia)
27th: Kieron Palframan (South Africa)
28th: Bárbara Hernández Huerta (Chile)
29th: Mark Sowerby (Australia)
30th: Paul Georgescu (Romania)
31st: Zach Margolis (USA)
32nd: Petar Stoychev (Bulgaria)
33rd: Nathalia Pohl (Germany)
34th: Caitlin O’Reilly (New Zealand at the age of 20 years 7 months 15 days)
35th: Ryan Utsumi (USA)
36th: Marcia Cleveland (USA)
37th: Eduardo Collazos Valle-Guayo (Peru)
38th: Rob Woodhouse (Australia)
39th: Alessandra Rossi Cima (Brazil)
40th: Bengisu Avci (Turkey)
41st: Simon Olliver (New Zealand)
42nd: Andreas Waschburger (Germany)
43rd: Joanne Norman (Australia)
44th: Paul Leonard (Great Britain)
45th: Gráinne Moss (Ireland)
46th: Karen Ennis (Great Britain)
47th: Anshuman Jhingran (India)
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