Marwan Saleh

Marawan Saleh, a great professional marathon swimmer from Syria

Marwan Saleh in 1976

Marawan Saleh is an open water swimmer from Syria.

Open Water Swimming Career

• Saleh set the male record across the English Channel in 1976 in 9 hours 17 minutes.
• Saleh completed on the World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation circuit.
• He completed the 32 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in Roberval, Quebec, Canada.
• He competed five times in the 24 Heures La Tuque in Quebec, Canada
• He competed 11 times the 35 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli from 1969-1980. He won the 1969 race in 11 hours 1 minute 20 seconds.
• He competed in the 1966 88 km Maraton Nautica Internacional Hernandarias - Parana in Argentina.
• He never retired from a marathon swim throughout his career.

Professional Career

Marwan, now a Canadian citizen, is an artist and painter who owns a gallery in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada, called Galerie d'Art Marwan.

1977 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation Rankings

Men

1. John Kinsella (USA) 1,375 points
2. Bill Heiss (USA) 1,033 points
3. Claudio Plit (Argentina) 932 points
4. Jon Erikson (USA) 604 points
5. Magdy Mandour (Egypt) 563 points
6. Raul Villagomez (Mexico) 556 points
7. Amin Yousseff (Egypt) 550 points
8. Marwan Saleh (Syria) 477 points
9. Ray Dixon (England) 433 points
10. Dennis Matuch (USA) 426 points
11. James Barry (USA) 391 points
12. Nasser El Shazly (Egypt) 331 points
13. Magdy Farid (Egypt) 225 points
14. Ibrahim Feidalla (Egypt) 205 points
15. Baher Hamid (Egypt) 192 points
16. Martin Neiman (USA) 184 points
17. Guy Montpetit (Canada) 158 points
18. Ossama Rachad (Egypt) 150 points
19. Wayne Westman (USA) 133 points
20. Sultan Kigab (Sudan) 131 points
21. Mohamad Gamie (Egypt) 120 points

Women

1. Loreen Passfield (Canada) 1,375 points
2. Cynthia Nicholas (Canada) 1,054 points
3. Kim Lumsdon (Canada) 545 points
4. Corrie Dixon (Holland) 483 points
5. Nazala Moustafa (Egypt) 404 points
6. Omneya Tantawi (Egypt) 379 points
7. Sharon Beckman (USA) 245 points
8. Martha Stortz (USA) 210 points

25e Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean

On 29 July 1979, he finished 9th in the 32 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean professional marathon swim in 21°C water in Quebec, Canada:

1. John Kinsella (USA) 7 hours 1 minutes 15 seconds
2. Claudio Plit (Argentina) 7 hours 16 minutes 21 seconds
3. Bill Heiss (USA) 7 hours 26 minutes 15 seconds
4. Juan Carlos Mosqueda (Mexico) 7 hours 28 minutes 55 seconds
5. Penny Lee Dean (USA) 7 hours 34 minutes 41 seconds
6. Nasser El Shazly (Egypt) 7 hours 46 minutes 49 seconds
7. Jorge Villegas (Mexico) 7 hours 55 minutes 5 seconds
8. Alwi Makki (Saudi Arabia) 8 hours 2 minutes 49 seconds
9. Marawan Saleh (Syria) 8 hours 9 minutes 53 seconds
10. Raul Villagomez (Mexico) 8 hours 10 minutes 12 seconds
11. Magdy Mandour (Egypt) 8 hours 14 minutes 24 seconds and Maher Saleh (Syria) 8 hours 14 minutes 24 seconds
13. Alberto Santiago (Argentina) 8 hours 24 minutes 41 seconds
14. Christine Cossette (Canada) 8 hours 42 minutes 15 seconds
15. Ossama Rachad (Egypt) 8 hours 53 minutes 29 seconds
16. Loreen Passfield (Canada) 8 hours 56 minutes 59 seconds
17. Mona Aly Hossen (Egypt) 8 hours 59 minutes 38 seconds
18. Joke Van Staveren (Netherlands) 9 hours 0 minutes 12 seconds
OTL Ibrahim Moustafa Feidalla (Egypt, 10h4m15s), Anwar Saleh (Saudi Arabia, 10h13m56s), Rémi Meunier (Canada 11h29m45s) DNF Carlos Aguirre Argentina, 8h01m), Luis Prado Medel (Mexico, 5h40m), James Barry (USA, 4h30m)

1975 24 Heures La Tuque Results

1. Sandra Bucha + John Kinsella: 191 tours
2. Magdy Mandour + Marawan Ghazzawi: 181 tours
3. Maher Saleh + Marwan Saleh: 180 tours
4. Ossama Rashad + Amed Youssef: 177 tours
5. Jennifer Anderson + Richard Campion: 169 tours
6. James Stewart + Baher Hamid: 162 tours
7. Sahar Mansour + Diana Nyad: 161 tours
8. Jacques Fordham + Daniel Piché: 135 tours
9. Yvon Montpetit + Georges Blazy: 133 tours
10. Gilles Potvin + Raymond Cusson: 109 tours
Amateurs: Johanne Thomson + Jocelyn Dufort + Michael Dumond + Jean Boudreault: 180 tours

External links

• Toughness Defined In The 1972 Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean
• Looking Up Into The Sky For Energy At 24 Heures La Tuque
• Open Water Swimming
• Marathon Swimming
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Egyptians In Capri-Napoli: Marei Hassan Hammed And Ahmed Youssef Amin
• When The Machine Dominated, A Look At The Pro Circuit In 1977
• World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
• The Passion Continues With Marwan Saleh
• The History of Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean
• The Galerie d'Art Marwan
• The Turbulent Traversée, Jan Van Scheijndel In Lac St-Jean
• Sharp As A Swimmer, The Mervyn Marathon Magic
• Swimming 88 km Since 1965