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Ragıp Vural Tandoğan (born 1965) is a Turkish long-distance swimmer. He is a former industrial engineer from profession.


Personal life

Ragıp Vural Tandoğan was born in 1965. After finishing the
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in
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in 1982, he studied
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at
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, and graduated in 1986. He worked many years in various companies as an engineer. His high school honored him by naming the teacher's room after him, and decorating the room walls with photos of him and his awards.


Sport career

TandoÄŸan started swimming again, which he was interested in at a young age, to lose weight and live a healthier life. With the encouragement of his friends, he participated at international marathon swim competitions. He does some of his swimming trainings for his competitive swims in the pool of his alma mater. His first long-distance swim was crossing the -long
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at his age of 50 on 4 July 2016, from north to south in a time of 5 hours and 10 minutes. The same year on 31 August, in occasion of the Victory Day in Turkey, he swam through the
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between England and France taking the distance in 14 hours and 50 minutes. On 29 July 2017, he traversed the -long Catalina Strait from the Santa Catalina Island to the California mainland in 13 hours and one minute. The next year on 30 June, he completed the -long "20 Bridges Swim" around the
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in New York City ina time of 10:15.45. TandoÄŸan did his first still water swim on
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on 15 July 2022, taking the distance from Homewood, California in the west to
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in the east in 7:36.49. One week later on 21 July, he swam the -long return route westwards on Lake Tahoe from Cave Rock, Nevada to Vikingsholm, Emerald Bay, California in 8:05.51. He traversed Lake Tahoe for the third time on 29 July 2022, swimming the distance from
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to
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in 17:56.43. On 8 September 2023, TandoÄŸan crossed the California Channel beyween
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and mainland swimming the distance in 8 hours 33 minutes. In the night of 6 August 2024, TandoÄŸan swam around the Coronado Island in 5 hours and 50 minutes, and became so the first Turkish swimmer to circumnavigate this island. On 18 October 2024, he crossed the distance from Cape Ngombo to Senga Bay at
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in 14 hours, 59 minutes, and 56 seconds. TandoÄŸan expressed that as long as his health allows, he will swim in one ocean and one lake every year. His aim is to complete the "Still Water Eight", which is a group of 8 marathon swims in lakes.


Achievements

*
Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming The Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming is a marathon swimming challenge consisting of three historically important swims: #The English Channel, between France and England #The Catalina Channel, between Catalina Island and the California mai ...
(2018) * California Triple Crown (2023)


See also

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Bengisu Avcı Bengisu Avcı (born 1996) is a Turkish swimmer specializing in open water swimming. She is holder of the ''Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming''. As of February 2024, she completed four of the Oceans Seven swims. Sport career Avcı started h ...
(born 1996), Turkish female long-distance seimmer, *
Aysu Türkoğlu Aysu Türkoğlu (born 2 May 2001) is a Turkish swimmer specializing in open water swimming. , she has completed three of the Oceans Seven swimming events. Early years in swimming Aysu Türkoğlu started swimming at age seven in the Bodrum Sw ...
(born 2001), Turkish female long-distance swimmer.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tandogan, Ragip Vural 1965 births Living people KabataÅŸ Erkek Lisesi alumni Istanbul Technical University alumni Turkish industrial engineers 21st-century Turkish engineers Turkish male swimmers Turkish long-distance swimmers 21st-century Turkish sportsmen English Channel swimmers Manhattan Island swimmers