Tag: Otto Thaning
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South African Heart Surgeon Becomes Oldest to Swim the English Channel at 73
On Saturday 6 September 2014, 73 year-old Otto Thaning from Cape Town, South Africa, became the oldest swimmer to cross the English Channel. He completed the “Everest of Open Water Swimming†from Dover (England) to Wissant (France) in 12h52, covering a distance of 36km as the crow flies; however, the total distance swum equaled more…