Colleen Blair
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| - | [[File:Colleen blair bbc.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Colleen Blair]]Colleen Blair is a Scottish swimmer who has crossed the English Channel, North Channel, [[Loch Ness]] and circumnavigated Manhattan Island and the island of Jersey in the [[Channel Islands]]. She is also the first person to swim cross the [[Pentland Firth]] for which she was nominated for the 2011 [[World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year]]. | + | [[File:Colleen blair 2.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Colleen Blair]][[File:Colleen blair 2.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Colleen Blair]][[File:Colleen blair bbc.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Colleen Blair]]Colleen Blair is a Scottish swimmer who has crossed the English Channel, North Channel, [[Loch Ness]] and circumnavigated Manhattan Island and the island of Jersey in the [[Channel Islands]]. She is also the first person to swim cross the [[Pentland Firth]] for which she was nominated for the 2011 [[World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year]]. |
"''The [[Pentland Firth]] was a tough swim but it felt great to complete a challenge that no one has completed before. I heavily relied on my support team to keep me on the right track as the tides are so strong and would like to say thanks to all three of them — Robert Smith, my dad Bill Blair and my sister Shannon Davies''." | "''The [[Pentland Firth]] was a tough swim but it felt great to complete a challenge that no one has completed before. I heavily relied on my support team to keep me on the right track as the tides are so strong and would like to say thanks to all three of them — Robert Smith, my dad Bill Blair and my sister Shannon Davies''." | ||
Revision as of 01:46, 3 December 2011
"The Pentland Firth was a tough swim but it felt great to complete a challenge that no one has completed before. I heavily relied on my support team to keep me on the right track as the tides are so strong and would like to say thanks to all three of them — Robert Smith, my dad Bill Blair and my sister Shannon Davies."
