Photos courtesy of Annie-Claude Roberge, Strait of Gibraltar, Spain to Morocco.

Rohan More crossed off his sixth channel to join a small group of luminaries at the top of the Oceans Seven series. On November 4th, he completed he swam across the Strait of Gibraltar in 3 hours 56 minutes.

The Indian swimmer from Maharashtra has now completed the following crossings:

*English Channel in 2014 in 13 hours 13 minutes
*Catalina Channel in 2014 in 10 hours 17 minutes
*Molokai Channel in 2014 in 17 hours 28 minutes
*Tsugaru Channel in 2015 in 10 hours 37 minutes
*North Channel in 2015 in 12 hours 46 minutes
*Strait of Gibraltar in 2016 in 3 hours 56 minutes

With only the Cook Strait left on the Oceans Seven list, More has also augmented his marathon swimming resume over his career with a Gateway of India to Dharamtar crossing in India in 1996 and a Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 7 hours 43 minutes in 2015.

That is quite a list of accomplishments for the software engineer with Cognizant of Dubai who looks to become the first Indian to complete the Oceans Seven.

More stands tied for seventh in the Oceans Seven rankings:

Oceans Seven Completed:
1. Stephen Redmond (Ireland): English Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Catalina Channel, Cook Strait, Molokai Channel, Tsugaru Channel, North Channel
1. Anna-Carin Nordin (Sweden): Molokai Channel, English Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Catalina Channel, Tsugaru Channel, Cook Strait, North Channel
1. Michelle Macy (USA): English Channel (3 times), Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Cook Strait, Tsugaru Channel, North Channel
1. Darren Miller (USA): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Tsugaru Channel, Cook Strait, North Channel
1. Adam Walker (UK): English Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Molokai Channel, Catalina Channel, Tsugaru Channel, Cook Strait, North Channel
1. Kimberly Chambers (New Zealand): Cook Strait, Molokai Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Catalina Channel, English Channel, Tsugaru Channel, North Channel

6 with 1 more to go
7. Penny Palfrey (Australia): English Channel (2 times), Strait of Gibraltar, Catalina Channel, Cook Strait, Molokai Channel, Tsugaru Channel
7. Stephen Junk (Australia): English Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Cook Strait, Catalina Channel, Tsugaru Channel
7. Rohan More (India): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel, North Channel, Tsugaru Channel

5 with 2 more to go
10. Forrest Nelson (USA): English Channel, Catalina Channel (both ways and two-way), Molokai Channel (both ways), Tsugaru Channel, Cook Strait
10. Craig Lenning (USA): North Channel, English Channel, Catalina Channel, Tsugaru Channel, Cook Strait
10. David Yudovin (USA): Catalina Channel (4 times), Strait of Gibraltar, Tsugaru Channel, English Channel, Cook Strait, [deceased]
10. Antonio Argüelles (Mexico): English Channel (twice), Catalina Channel (twice), Strait of Gibraltar, Tsugaru Channel, Molokai Channel
10. Adrian Sarchet (Guernsey): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, North Channel, Molokai Channel
10. Pat Gallant-Charette (USA): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Tsugaru Channel, North Channel
10. Elizabeth Fry (USA): English Channel (6 times), Catalina Channel (2 times), Strait of Gibraltar, Molokai Channel, Tsugaru Channel
10. Pieter Christian Jongeneel Anderica (Spain): Strait of Gibraltar (3 times), English Channel, Catalina Channel, Cook Strait, Molokai Channel
10. Ion Lazarenco (Moldavia/Ireland): English Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, North Channel, Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel

4 with 3 more to go
19. James Pittar (Australia): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Cook Strait, Strait of Gibraltar
19. Kevin Murphy (England): English Channel (34 times), Catalina Channel, North Channel (2 times), Strait of Gibraltar
19. Bula Chowdhury Chakraborty (India): English Channel (twice), Catalina Channel, Cook Strait, Strait of Gibraltar
19. Tom Hecker (USA): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Cook Strait, Strait of Gibraltar
19. Pieter Christian Jongeneel Anderica (Spain): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Cook Strait, Strait of Gibraltar
19. T. Scott Coleman (USA): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Cook Strait, Strait of Gibraltar
19. Kathleen Wilson (USA): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel, Strait of Gibraltar
19. Lynne Cox (USA): English Channel (2 times), Catalina Channel (2 times), Cook Strait, Strait of Gibraltar
19. Aditya Santosh Raut (India): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Cook Strait, Strait of Gibraltar
19. Yesenia Cabrera Fuegos (Guatemala): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Molokai Channel
19. Taranath Narayan Shenoy (India): English Channel (3 times), Catalina Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Cook Strait
19. Guy Moar (Australia): English Channel, North Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Tsugaru Channel
19. Attila Mányoki (Hungary): English Channel, Tsugaru Channel, Molokai Channel, Catalina Channel
19. Elizabeth Fry (USA): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Molokai Channel
19. Thomas Pembroke (Australia): Catalina Channel, North Channel, Molokai Channel, English Channel
19. Abhejali Bernardova (Czech Republic): English Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Catalina Channel, Tsugaru Channel
19. Steve Walker (U.S.A.): English Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Catalina Channel, North Channel
19. Cameron Bellamy (South Africa): English Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Catalina Channel, North Channel

3 with 4 more to go
36. Michael Miller (USA): Molokai Channel, English Channel, Catalina Channel
36. Nick Adams (UK): English Channel (10 times), Strait of Gibraltar, Catalina Channel
36. Sakura Hingley (UK): English Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Catalina Channel
36. Jaimie Monahan (USA): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Strait of Gibraltar
36. Alison Streeter MBE (UK): English Channel (43 times), North Channel, Catalina Channel
36. Barbara Held (USA): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Strait of Gibraltar
36. Oliver Wilkinson (England): English Channel, Molokai Channel, Strait of Gibraltar
36. Jaime Caballero (Spain): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Strait of Gibraltar
36. Miquel Suñer Comalat (Spain): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Strait of Gibraltar
36. Samantha Simon (USA): English Channel (twice), Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel
36. David Blanke (USA): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Strait of Gibraltar
36. Joseph Locke (USA): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Strait of Gibraltar
36. Nial Funchion (USA): English Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Catalina Channel
36. Katie Benoit (USA/Germany): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel
36. James Penrose (USA): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Strait of Gibraltar
36. Dan Richards (USA): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Strait of Gibraltar
36. Ranie Crowley Pearce (USA): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Strait of Gibraltar
36. Scott Lautman (USA): Strait of Gibraltar, Catalina Channel, English Channel
36. Michael Ventre (South Africa): English Channel, Molokai Channel, Catalina Channel
36. Florence Chadwick (USA): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Strait of Gibraltar [deceased]
36. Roger Finch (South Africa): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Strait of Gibraltar
36. Helen Gibbs (UK): English Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Catalina Channel
36. Mariel Hawley (Mexico): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Strait of Gibraltar
36. Jorge Crivilles Villanueva (Spain): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Strait of Gibraltar
36. Graeme Lowe (Jersey): English Channel, Catalina Channel, North Channel
36. Shubham Vanmali (India): English Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Catalina Channel
36. Dan Curtis (U.S.A.): Strait of Gibraltar (twice), Catalina Channel, Tsugaru Channel
36. Jeff Everett (U.S.A.): Strait of Gibraltar, English Channel, Catalina Channel
36. Tracy Clark (New Zealand): English Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Catalina Channel
36. Fionnuala Walsh (Ireland): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Strait of Gibraltar
36. Ion Lazarenco (Moldavia/Ireland): English Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, North Channel
36. Donald Perrott (South Africa): English Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Catalina Channel
36. Marcy MacDonald (U.S.A.): English Channel (15 times), Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel
36. Ned Denison (U.S.A.): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Strait of Gibraltar
36. Jorge Crivilles Villanueva (Spain): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Strait of Gibraltar
36. Marilyn Korzekwa (Canada): English Channel, Catalina Channel, Cook Strait
36. Nora Toledano (Mexico): English Channel (6 times), Strait of Gibraltar, Catalina Channel

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