Bob Paysour
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Antonio Abertondo, Jenny James, Brenda Fisher, Marie Hassen Hammad, Margaret Feather, William Edward Barnie, Jenny Kammersgard, Damien Piza Beltran, Baptista Pereira, Toufic Bleik, Mohamed El Soussi, Kenneth Wray, Major Jason Zirganos, Arthur Rizzo, Aldo Floravanti, Robert Paysour at the 1954 Billy Butlin International Channel Swim. Photo from the Sam Rockett collection
Robert 'Bob' Frederic Paysour is an American open water swimmer.
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- He attempted a 33.5 km English Channel crossing from France to England on 14 August 1952, swimming for 12 hours 15 minutes
- He attempted a 33.5 km English Channel crossing from France to England on 21 August 1954 in the Billy Butlin crossing, swimming in 12 hours 40 minutes.
- He swam 22 miles upstream in the Catawba River in 1950.