Jim Boucher
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Jim Boucher, 2-time English Channel swimmer
Jim Boucher of the Half Century Club
James "Jim" Boucher of Guildford, Surrey, England is an Irish marathon swimmer, channel swimmer and winter swimmer. He also played water polo at Imperial College where his team won the British University championships. He also coached water polo at the University of Surrey.
Open Water Swimming Career
- Boucher is the oldest Irishman to swim across the English Channel with his second successful crossing as a 50-year-old.
- Boucher swam across the English Channel in 2007 and then joined the Half Century Club with a 16 hour 51 minute swim on 30 August 2011 as he was escorted by Lance Oram in the Sea Satin
- Boucher, swimming as part of the 3-man Hayling Legends team with Matthew Johnston and Rory Fitzgerald, completed his seventh English Channel relay crossing in July 2012
- Boucher completed 26.4 km Lake Zurich Marathon Swim in 2008
- Boucher completed the 17.5-mile Ederle Swim in New York City in 2012
- Boucher completed marathon swimming relays including the Guildford Lido Legends' English Channel crossing in 2005
- Boucher competed in the 2016 World Winter Swimming Championships in Tyumen, Russia in a multiple of events
External Links
- Open Water Swimming
- English Channel website
- Welcome to the English Channel
- The Oldest Men and Women in the Sea
- From Isle Of Man To Ireland
- Ellery McGowan Is All Smiles In New York
- Guildford Lido Legends
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Jim Boucher Quadruples Up In Tyumen
- Ellery McGowan Adds Another 3 World Titles In The Ice
- When Water Polo And Open Water Swimming Mix
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
