Nick Adams

From Openwaterpedia

Nick Adams (born 17 September 1976) is a world-class marathon swimmer and teacher who resides in London, England. He is the President of the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation and He also founded and manages the influential Channel Swimmers Website that provides a global forum for marathon swimmers and a plethora of resources for the channel swimming community. He was a judge at the 2012 H2Open Awards organized by H2Open Magazine, an award designed to celebrate achievement in open water swimming.

Channel Swimming Career

Adams has been involved in English Channel swimming since the age of fifteen and was the youngest person to complete a two-way crossing of the English Channel, at the age of 18 years. He has successfully completed the English Channel seven times including a two-way crossing in 27 hours 28 minutes and his latest crossing in 2011 in 10 hours 22 minutes. He has attempted a three-way crossing of the English Channel.

He has also successfully swum across the Catalina Channel, Catalina to mainland in 10 hours 48 minutes and is a member of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.

Videos

External links

• Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation new website
• Channel Swimmers Website
• Catalina Channel Swimming Federation
• Nick Adams Completes 7th English Channel Crossing
• NYC Swim bio
• Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming website
• Open Water Swimming website
• H2Open Magazine website