Stephen Autry

Dr. Stephen Autry is a 69-year-old orthopaedic surgeon from The Villages, Florida.

Open Water Swimming Career Highlights[edit]

He is a member of the Half Century Club.
He achieved the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming by virtue of his swimming across the English Channel and the Catalina Channel as well as completing a circumnavigation around Manhattan Island.
On 22 September 2007, he crossed the English Channel from England to France in 16 hours 5 minutes 55 seconds.
On 14 June 2008, he swim 10 km in Hartwell Lake in 3 hours 9 minutes 37 seconds at the age of 60.
On 2 August 2008, he competed in the Boston Light Swim in Massachusetts in 3 hours 48 minutes 6 seconds at the age of 60.
On 24 July 2009, he completed the 45.8 km Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in New York in 8 hours 37 minutes 33 seconds at the age of 61.
On 15 September 2009, he completed a 32.3 km crossing of the Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland in 12 hours 51 minutes.