Elaine Gray
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Elaine Gray and Niomi Martin photographed on Captain Hutchinson's ship The Invicta2 after her successful France to England English Channel swim in a record time of 10 hours 24 minutes. She had previously failed on two other English Channel attempts. She held the record across Windermere in a time of 4 hours 39 minutes. Photo courtesy of the Dover Museum Image Bank.
Elaine Gray is a British open water swimmer who was one of the greatest British marathon swimmers of the 1960’s and early 1970’s.
Open Water Swimming Career
- Between 1962 and 1965, she won 15 consecutive British Long Distance Swimming Association championships and five Amateur Swimming Association Championships 8 km (5-mile) swims.
- She won the inaugural 1966 17 km Windermere International Championships across Lake Windermere, England in 5 hours 18 minutes 40 seconds (second overall).
- She won the the International Schelde Championship.
- She was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honour Swimmer in 1971.
External links
- 1982 Windermere International Championships
- International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame Origins
- World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation History
- The World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
- A Giant Of The Sport, Joe Grossman
- International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- WPMSF Led To IMSHOF
- World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
- Marathon Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation website
