Paul Georgescu became the first Romanian swimmer to achieve the Oceans Seven with a fast 7 hour 31 minute crossing of the 19.5 Tsugaru Channel from Honshu to Hokkaido.
The 45-year-old was fast enough and strong enough to overcome Tsugaru Current with about an optimal course as can be expected.
Georgescu’s complete marathon swimming history is posted here on the Marathon Swimmers Federation LongSwims database.
Oceans Seven Channels
- September 2016 English Channel in 13 hours 36 minutes at the age of 37
- August 2018 Catalina Channel in 9 hours 47 minutes at the age of 39
- April 2019 Molokai Channel in 13 hours 6 minutes at the age of 40
- August 2022 North Channel in 11 hours 7 minutes at the age of 43
- June 2023 Strait of Gibraltar in 3 hours 46 minutes at the age of 44
- March 2024 Cook Strait in 9 hours 2 minutes at the age of 45
- July 2024 Tsugaru Channel in 7 hours 31 minutes at the age of 45
Oceans Seven Swimmers
30 humans in history have completed the Oceans Seven:
- Stephen Redmond (Ireland)
- Anna Carin Nordin (Sweden)
- Michelle Macy (USA)
- Darren Miller (USA)
- Adam Walker (UK)
- Kimberley Chambers (New Zealand)
- Antonio Argüelles (Mexico)
- Ion Lazarenco Tiron (Moldavia and Ireland)
- Rohan Dattatrey More (India)
- Abhejali Bernardová (Czech Republic)
- Cameron Bellamy (South Africa)
- Lynton Mortensen (Australia)
- Thomas Pembroke (Australia)
- Nora Toledano Cadena (Mexico)
- Mariel Hawley Dávila (Mexico)
- André Wiersig (Germany)
- Elizabeth Fry (USA)
- Attila Mányoki (Hungary)
- Jonathan Ratcliffe (UK)
- Jorge Crivilles Villanueva (Spain)
- Adrian Sarchet (Guernsey)
- Prabhat Koli (India)
- Dina Levačić (Croatia)
- Herman van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
- Andy Donaldson (Scotland)
- Stephen Junk (Australia)
- Kieron Palframan (South Africa)
- Bárbara Hernández Huerta (Chile)
- Mark Sowerby (Australia)
- Paul Georgescu (Romania)
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