The Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming is a marathon swimming challenge consisting of three historically important swims: #The

English Channel The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" ( Cotentinais) or (Jèrriais), ( Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; cy, Môr Udd, "Lord's Sea"; kw, Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"; nl, Het Kan ...

, 33 km between France and England #The Catalina Channel, 32.5 km between Catalina Island and the California mainland #Manhattan Island Marathon Swim, a 48.5 km circumnavigation of

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the List of co ...

Island, New York City. As of August 2022, 269 swimmers had earned this distinction.

Double Triple Crown

Swimmers who have completed two swims each of the English Channel, Catalina, and Manhattan are said to have achieved the Double Triple Crown. The Mexican Antonio Argüelles was the first swimmer to achieve this, his first Triple Crown in 1999 and the second in 2009. Swimmers who have achieved the Double Triple Crown are:

References

{{reflist, refs= {{cite web, publisher=Marathon Swimmers Federation, website=LongSwims Database , title=Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming List , url=http://longswims.com/triple-crown , access-date=18 August 2022 Kept up to date. {{cite web, author=World Open Water Swimming Association , title=Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming List , url=http://www.triplecrownofopenwaterswimming.com/ , date=2010 , accessdate=26 August 2016 {{cite web, author=Open Water Swimming , title=Double The Trouble, But Twice As Nice , url=http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2013/03/double-trouble-but-twice-as-nice.html , date=13 March 2013 , accessdate=26 August 2016

External links

Channel Swimming Association

Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation

Catalina Channel Swimming Federation

New York Open Water