Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel without assistance. His first attempt was a failure but on August 25th, 1875 he made the crossing in twenty one hours and forty five minutes.
On September 27, 1958, Mihir Sen became the first Indian and first Asian to cross the English Channel. He did this in 14 hours and 45 minutes.
Bhaswati Battacharya
Mihir Sen
Arati Saha was the first woman from India to swim across the English Channel.
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Aarti Saha
indien actor Karina Kapoor
mihir sen
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The first British Indian to swim the channel was Brojen Das in 1958
it was an Indian
Masudur Rahman Baidya 2009
She was the first disabled person who in 1992 swam across the English Channel, in a relay team.
nilima ghosh
The cast of Channel Swimmer - 1952 includes: Florence Chadwick as English Channel Swimmer Harry Wismer as Narrator
Susie maroney
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Kevin anderson-South Africa's youngest channel swimmer
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Anita Sood is the fastest Asian woman to swim the channel. She is an Indian swimmer.
Gurtrude Ederle.
He is an accomplished swimmer, having swam the English Channel and other seas.
James Pittar, a blind swimmer from Australia back in the early 1990's.
Channel Swimmer - 1952 is rated/received certificates of: USA:Approved USA:Passed (National Board of Review)