Eduardo Collazos Valle
Eduardo Collazos Valle-Guayo is a 54-year-old open water swimmer from Lima, Peru who achieved the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- On 14 July 2018, he finished 2nd in the 45.9 km 20 Bridges Manhattan Swim around Manhattan Island in 7 hours 21 minutes 13 seconds at the age of 47.
- On 9 November 2019, he competed in the Reto Acapulco, Mexico.
- On 1 September 2019, he completed a 33.5 km crossing of the English Channel from England to France in 11 hours 16 minutes.
- On 7 July 2021, he completed a 32.3 km crossing of the Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland in 9 hours 56 minutes 1 second.
- On 23 August 2022, he completed a 35 km crossing of the North Channel from Northern Ireland to Scotland in 12 hours 29 minutes 30 seconds at the age of 51.
- On 5 June 2023, he completed a 45 km crossing of the Molokai Channel from Molokai Island to Oahu in Hawaii in 14 hours 18 minutes at the age of 52.
- On 10 July 2024, he completed a 14.4 km crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco in 4 hours 6 minutes at the age of 53.
- On 26 January 2025, he completed a 23 km crossing of the Cook Strait between North Island and South Island in New Zealand in 9 hours 44 minutes.
- Between 18-22 June 2025, he completed a 19.5 km crossing of the Tsugaru Channel from Aomori to Hokkaido in northern Japan in 12 hours 11 minutes with translator Luiggi Fujioka, support crew Daniel Collazos and Rocío Gómez, and coach Nora Toledano at the age of 54 to achieve the Oceans Seven.
Oceans Seven Swimmers
As of 17 July 2026, 52 humans in history have completed the Oceans Seven:
1st: Stephen Redmond (Ireland)
2nd: Anna-Carin Nordin (Sweden)
3rd: Michelle Macy (USA)
4th: Darren Miller (USA)
5th: Adam Walker (UK)
6th: Kimberley Chambers (New Zealand)
7th: Antonio Argüelles (Mexico)
8th: Ion Lazarenco Tiron (Moldavia/Ireland)
9th: Rohan Dattatrey More (India)
10th: Abhejali Bernardová (Czech Republic)
11th: Cameron Bellamy (South Africa)
12th: Lynton Mortensen (Australia)
13th: Thomas Pembroke (Australia)
14th: Nora Toledano Cadena (Mexico)
15th: Mariel Hawley Davila (Mexico)
16th: André Wiersig (Germany)
17th: Elizabeth Fry (USA)
18th: Attila Mányoki (Hungary)
19th: Jonathan Ratcliffe (UK)
20th: Jorge Crivilles Villanueva (Spain)]
21st: Adrian Sarchet (Guernsey)
22nd: Prabhat Koli (India)
23rd: Dina Levačić (Croatia)
24th: Herman van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
25th: Andy Donaldson (Scotland)
26th: Stephen Junk (Australia)
27th: Kieron Palframan (South Africa)
28th: Bárbara Hernández Huerta (Chile)
29th: Mark Sowerby (Australia)
30th: Paul Georgescu (Romania)
31st: Zach Margolis (USA)
32nd: Petar Stoychev (Bulgaria)
33rd: Nathalia Pohl (Germany)
34th: Caitlin O’Reilly (New Zealand at the age of 20 years 7 months 15 days)
35th: Ryan Utsumi (USA)
36th: Marcia Cleveland (USA)
37th: Eduardo Collazos Valle-Guayo (Peru)
38th: Rob Woodhouse (Australia)
39th: Alessandra Rossi Cima (Brazil)
40th: Bengisu Avci (Turkey)
41st: Simon Olliver (New Zealand)
42nd: Andreas Waschburger (Germany)
43rd: Joanne Norman (Australia)
44th: Paul Leonard (Great Britain)
45th: Gráinne Moss (Ireland)
46th: Karen Ennis (Great Britain)
47th: Rob Lea (USA) who simultaneously achieved history's first Double Sevens
48th: Anshuman Jhingran (India) at 21 years 3 months and 17 days
49th: Joe Zemaitis (USA) the first person to complete the Oceans Seven and the Stillwater 8
50th: Bogusław Ogrodnik (Poland)
51st: Toni Enderli (Switzerland)
52nd: Steve Leitch (USA)
External links
- Traffic in Tsugaru, Heading to Hokkaido with Steven Leitch
- Steven Leitch Crosses The Tsugaru Channel On A Rising Tide
- Where Crazy People Swim - The Final Oceans Seven Chapter of Steve Walker
- Summer of Oceans Seven Starts with Peru’s Eduardo Collazos
- What An Oceans Seven Year 2025 Will Be
- Eduardo Collazos Valle-Guayo
