Kendall Mellor
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Kendall Mellor is an open water swimmer from England.
Open Water Swimming Career Highlights
- 1963, he crossed the English Channel from France to England in 16 hours 53 minutes.
- He competed in the inaugural Windermere International in 1966 in the Lake District of England at the age of 30.
- He was the first person to swim 37 km across the Canal de Menorca (Menorca Channel) that stretches between the Balearic islands of Menorca and Mallorca in the Mediterranean Sea. He crossed the Canal de Menorca in 16 hours 18 minutes in October 1968.
- He participated in the ice swims held on the first Sunday after the New Year during the 1960s in Lea Dam, Lumbutts, near Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, UK.
Menorca Channel Swimming History
1. Kendall Mellor in October 1968 in 16 hours 18 minutes
2. Montserrat Tresserras on 16 July 1969 in 21 hours 7 minutes
3. Dellys Beynon on 18 July 1971 in 16 hours 9 minutes
4. Kevin Murphy on 8 October 1972 in 15 hours 41 minutes
5. Miquel Suñer Comalat on 19 July 2009 in 12 hours 19 minutes
6. Selina Moreno Pasagali on 3 July 2010 in 18 hours 20 minutes
7. Teresa Planas in September 2011 in 12 hours 18 minutes seconds
8. Margarita Llorens Bagur in July 2012 in 12 hours 23 minutes from Mallorca to Menorca
External links
- Throwback Ice Swimming, Lea Dam In The 1960s
- Margarita Llorens To Attempt 83 km Swim In Menorca
- Marathon Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- Menorca Channel Announces Its New Association
- Menorca Channel Swimming Association
- Beijing, London, Rio Built On The Vision In Windermere
- British Long Distance Swimming Association
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- A Short List of Marathon Swims
- British Long Distance Swimming Association
- Tita To Try Try Again - 90 km from Ibiza To Jávea
- Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
