Alison Streeter
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Alison Streeter has conquered the English Channel 43 times, more than anyone in the world. This total includes a triple-channel swim. She also completed seven Channel crossings in one year, a feat made more difficult because she mounted her challenges against this 21 mile body of water one at a time on separate attempts of about one every ten days. Alison is also the fastest woman from France to England (8 hours 48 minutes), a record she established in 1988. She was the first (and so far only) woman to swim the Channel three ways non-stop in 1990 taking 34 h 40 min for the feat. Only 2 other men have succeeded.
The Queen gave her the MBE in 1991 for the above and charity fundraising. To date she has raised over $100,000 for various charities.
In May 2006 she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale.
She worked as a currency trader all her working life in London until earlier this year, and now spends part of her life in Adelaide (Seacliff) and the summers in Dover in her beloved English Channel as a fully qualified Boat Pilot.
[edit] British records
1984 Catalina Channel (Santa Catalina Island, California) 9 h 33 min
1987 Capri - Naples 8 h 35 min
1990 Round Manhattan Island 6 h 47 min
1995 Double English Channel 20 h 55 min
1998 Toreneous Strait, Greece 7 h 42 min
1998 Yarra River St Kilda Pier and return 9 h 40 min
[edit] World records (men and women)
1984 Round Isle of Wight 62 miles 21 h 2 min
1985 Richmond, London to Gravesend, Kent (Tidal Thames) 42 miles 14 h 28 min
1986 Gravesend, Kent to Richmond, London 42 miles 16 h exactly
1986 Four Piers (Solent) 14 miles 4 h 37 min
1988 Ireland to Scotland - 1 st Woman 9 h 53 min
1989 Scotland to Ireland 1st Person to succeed 10 h 4 min
1989 Round Jersey (Channel Islands) 9 h 53 min
1992 Seven English Channel swims in one season (one every 10 days)
1995 Overall record holder for number of English Channel swims - 43 crossings in total, men's record is 33.
1998 Isles of Scilly to Cornwall 1st person 28 miles 15 h 11 min
