Graeme Lowe
Graeme Lowe is a British marathon swimmer from Jersey. He has achieved the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming and completed 3 of the Oceans Seven channels. He has also served as a support swimmer and crew for swimmers such as Adrian Sarchet's circumnavigation swim around Jersey ("Round Jersey") on 28 June 2014.
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Marathon Swimming Highlights
- Crossing of the English Channel in 13 hours 35 minutes on 10 July 2011 from England to France
- Crossing from Jersey to France in 7 hours 43 minutes in June 2011
- Round Jersey circumnavigation in 10 hours 17 minutes in 2010
- Circumnavigation at the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 8 hours 33 minutes on 23 June 2012
- Crossing of the Catalina Channel in 11 hours 40 minutes on 25 August 2013 from Santa Catalina Island to the California mainland
- Crossing of the North Channel in 12 hours 27 minutes on 22 July 2015 from Donaghadee , Northern Ireland to Killantringan Lighthouse, Portpatrick, Scotland at the age of 50
- Crewed for 59-year-old Sally Minty-Gravett MBE on her 36 hours 28 minute two-way crossing of the English Channel in August 2016
Jersey Swimming Club Polar Bear
Lowe participated in the Jersey Swimming Club Polar Bear relay team that swam an unprecedented stretch of water from Saint-Malo to Jersey in the English Channel on 7 July 2014 in 18 hours 9 minutes. The relay consists of Ian Jones, Wendy Trehiou, Nick Dotter, Graeme Lowe, David le Clercq and Neil Faudemer and was called the La Grande Nag gie (The big swim) and was skippered by Mathew Clarke. The charity crossing was performed on behalf of 3 Jersey charities: Macmillan Jersey, Brighter Futures, and Channel island air search.
Ice Swimming Career
- he completed in the 1 km ice swimming race at the 2016 Big Chill Swim at the Low Wood Bay Marina, Windermere, England in 6.4ºC water.
- he achieved the Frosted Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming on 3 February 2018.
Videos
External links
- Open Water Swimmers Take It To The Extreme with Ice Miles, Channel Swims and Marathon Swims
- Doc Counsilman Helped Usher In An Increasingly Graying Trend In Channel Swimming
- International Day of Older Persons and the Aging Demographics of Open Water Swimmers
- English Channel Swim
- Jersey Sea Swims
- Open Water Swimming
- Champion of the Channel
- NYC Swim bio
- Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
- Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation
- Round Jersey Solo Honour Roll
- Jersey France Solo Honour Roll
- Graeme Lowe Achieves Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
- Triple Crowners Showcase Their Fountain Of Youth - Age of Triple Crowners
- Arrr, Mateys! Pioneering Swim From Saint-Malo To Jersey
- Jersey Sea Swims
- Graeme Lowe Reaches The Scottish Shore From Jersey
- Big Chill Swim 1000 Results: 1 km @ 6.4ºC
- 800 Heat Up Big Chill Swim In Windermere
- ChillSwim website
- British Long Distance Swimming Association
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- International Ice Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- 800 Heat Up Big Chill Swim In Windermere
- Sally Minty-Gravett Completes Legendary, Epic Two-Way
- Oldest Individuals To Swim Across The World's Channels
- Oldest Individuals To Swim Across The World's Channels
- Who's Who In English Channel's Over-and-Back
- Sally Minty-Gravett Recognized By Guinness World Records
- Never Too Old, Facing Challenges With Pat Gallant-Charette
