Hugh Tucker
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Hugh Tucker, inductee (Honor Administrator) of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Class of 2018
Hugh Tucker is an open water swimmer, coach and escort pilot from South Africa.
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- He was named a CLDSA Hero by the Cape Long Distance Swimming Association.
- He was inducted as an Honor Contributor Coach of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Class of 2018.
- He is the one of the oldest successful swimmers of the English Channel. A member of the Half Century Club, he was 54 when he crossed from England to France in 14 hours 46 minutes in 2004 on his fifth attempt.
- He is a marathon swimmer, observer and maker of a swimming shark cage for False Bay attempts.
- He has been piloting for the Cape Long Distance Swimming Association (CLDSA) from mid 1960's to the present.
- In 1961 at the age of 20, he participated in the United Nations Team, a six-member team that crossed the English Channel two ways with Corrie Ebbelaar, Tom Hetzel, Captain Manucher Tooluiy, Sergeant-Major Mehdi Maesoumi, and Ray Dixon who broke the two-way relay record in 24 hours 6 minutes.
- At the age of 21, he established the 14 km record between Robben Island and Woodstock Beach of 4 hours 9 minutes.
- He held the record from Three Anchor Bay to Robben Island in 2 hours 45 minutes in 1961.
- He held the record over the 9 km course from Simonstown to Muizenberg in 2 hours 41 minutes at a time he was touted as South Africa's top distance swimmer.
External links
- How True: False Bay Is Tough
- Hugh Tucker Honored By The Hall Of Fame
- Heroes, Heroines, Winners, Adventurers And Pioneers
- Peter Bales, A 64-Year-Young Legend Of South Africa
- Tales By Bales
- Marvelous Marathon Memories Of A Mountain Of A Man
- Swimming In Sharky Waters
- The Oldest Men and Women in the Sea
- Oldies But Goodies In The Open Water
- One False Move By Ned Denison Across The Bay
- What're The Odds Of Ned Denison: One In Several Hundreds
- Cape Long Distance Swimming Association Website
- Book on Swimming in South Africa
- Brenton Williams Takes A Flyer To Robben Island
- Ned Denison Faces The Truth In False Bay
- Open Water Swimming
- Cecilia Schutte, Round And Round She Goes
- I Never Experienced That Much Pain In My Life
- Great Whites vs. Great Irish, No Falsehood In The Bay
- Marathon Swimming
- Ned Denison Faces The Truth In False Bay
- The Shark Diver Controversy In Ocean Swimming
- Theodore Yach Making A Point About The Cape
- International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- World Open Water Swimming Association
