Paul Georgescu En Route To The Oceans Seven
Paul Georgescu was selected as the 2021 WOWSA Awards winner as the 2021 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year . He will attempt crossings of Strait of Gibraltar , Tsugaru Channel , and Bristol Channel this summer. This will enable him to achieve the Original Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming . He has already completed four Oceans Seven channels: *35 km crossing of the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland in 11 hours 7 minutes *33.5 km English Channel in 13 hours 36 minutes *32.3 km crossing of the Catalina Channel in 9 hours 8 minutes *42 km crossing of the Molokai Channel from Molokai Island to Oahu in 13 hours 6 minutes