Christopher Graefe

Christopher Graefe is a 45-year-old American open water swimmer and escort pilot from Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.

Open Water Swimming Career Highlights

He finished third in the 2016 U.S. Masters Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont.
On 23 September 2017, he completed the 30 km Three Rivers Marathon Swim in the Ohio, Allegheny, and Monongahela Rivers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 8 hours 4 minutes 5 seconds, finishing 3rd overall.
He finished 2nd in the 100m freestyle and in the 200m freestyle at the 2019 Memphremagog Winter Swimming Festival in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont.
He escorted Stephen Rouch in a 50-mile (80.46 km) two-way crossing of Lake Memphremagog between Newport, Vermont, USA and Magog, Québec, Canada in 25 hours 12 minutes on 22-23 August 2019.
He finished 2nd in the 200m freestyle at the 2020 Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival in Vermont, USA on 29 February 2020 at the age of 43.
He finished 2nd in the 200m freestyle at the 2022 Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont at the age of 45 on 25 February 2022.
He finished 2nd in the 100m freestyle at the 2022 Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont at the age of 45 on 25 February 2022.