Don Riddington
Donald Riddington is an Australian open water swimmer who was a member of Australia’s silver medal winning 1967 World Lacrosse Championship Team and who successfully crossed the English Channel on 15 July 2013 with the coaching of Grant Siedle in support of Autism Awareness at the age of 68 to join the Half Century Club. Siedle and Riddington own a kayaking company called Spirited Away.
The Power of Two
Oldest Individuals to Cross the English Channel
1. Otto Thaning (South Africa), 73 years, E/F, 12 hours 52 minutes (2014)
2. Cyril Baldock (Australia), 70 years 9 months, E/F, 12 hours 45 minutes (2014)
3. Roger Allsopp (England), 70 years 4 months, E/F, in 17 hours 51 minutes (2011)
4. George Brunstad (USA), 70 years 3 days, E/F, in 15 hours 59 minutes (2004)
5. Chris Shapland (Australia), 69 years, E/F, in 16 hours 28 minutes (2016)
6. Donald Riddington (Australia), 68, E/F, in 19 hours 45 minutes (2013)
7. Clifford Batt (Australia), 67, F/E, in 18 hours 37 minutes (1987)
8. Ashby Harper (USA), 65, E/F, in 13 hours 52 minutes (1982)
9. Joe Smith (England), 65, E/F, in 14 hours 9 minutes (1999)
10. Roger Allsopp (England), 65, E/F, in 15 hours 30 minutes (2006)
11. Sue Oldham (Australia), 65, E/F, in 17 hours 11 minutes (2010)
External links
- Doc Counsilman Helped Usher In An Increasingly Graying Trend In Channel Swimming
- How Far Is The English Channel?
- Brighton Icebergers
- Swimming The English Channel
- Spirited Away
- Open Water Swimming
- England 2 France.com
- Don Riddington Gets Spirited Away In The English Channel
- How Old Can They Go? Very Old
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Marathon Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- I Got Stung
- World Marathon Swimming Association
- Chris Shapland En Route To Proving Swimming Is Lifelong
- The Swim Kid Achieves The Triple Crown
- The Swim Kid From Down Under
