Miguel Arrobas
Miguel Arrobas is an Olympic pool and open water swimmer from Portugal.
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Pool Swimming Career
He competed in the 100m and 200m backstroke at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
Open Water Swimming Career
- He completed two of the seven Oceans Seven swims: the Strait of Gibraltar and the English Channel
- He completed the 28.5-mile Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in New York.
- He completed the Travesía Peniche islas Berlengas in Portugal in 2010. In this 10 km swim, he swam from Peniche (Playa de Baleal) to the island of Berlengas in rough seas caused by the nortadas (winds from the Azores). In the 14°C water with Pieter Christian Jongeneel Anderica, he encountered many cangrejos rojos (red crabs) swimming on the surface of the water.from Portugal.
- He is the fastest person to cross the Faial-Pico Channel (Portuguese: Canal Faial-Pico), an 8.3 km (5.2 mile) channel that separates the islands of Faial and Pico in the Azores. He crossed the channel in 2014 in 2 hours 11 minutes.
Swimming Career - Travessias já realizadas
2005 - Travessia Bugio-Marina de Oeiras – 4º classificado
2005 – 3º Challenge Open Water 10 Kms (Castelo de Bode) – 5º classificado na prova dos 10 Kms (1º lugar master)
2006 – Travessia Alhandra / Parque das Nações – 21km em 4h29m31s
2006 – Taça do Mundo FINA – Etapa de Sevilha 10km 32º em 2h19m38s
2006 – Travessias do Circuito de Mar da Madeira – Classificações: 2º
2006 – Travessia Madeira / Ilhas Desertas – 25km em 6h47m28s
2006 – Taça do Mundo FINA – Etapa de Setúbal 10km 20º em 2h23m31s
2006 – Aventura Nocturna em Castelo de Bode – 11km em 2h20m18s
2007 – Desafio Berlengas Peniche – 16km em 3h12m44s
2007 – Desafio Lagos Portimão – 17km em 3h24m10s
2007 – Aventura Costa de Santo André - Sines – 26km em 6h15m56s
2008 – Desafio entre Barragens – Bouçã / Castelo do Bode – 54km em 13h23m03s
2008 – Desafio Farilhões Peniche – 24km em 7h53m32s
2008 – Travessia do Canal da Mancha – 34km em 9h30m (melhor tempo mundial do ano)
2008 – Agraciado com a Medalha de ouro da Channel Swimming Association (para o melhor tempo mundial da travessia do Canal da Mancha), com o John Unicume Cup (para o homem mais rápido do ano) e o Montserrat Tresserras Cup (para o primeiro português reconhecido pela Channel Swimming Association)
2009 – (13.07.2009) - Travessia do Estreito de Gibraltar – 20 kms em 3h32m30s (13.07.2009)
2009 – Travessia entre a Praia de S. Torpes e a Praia Grande de Porto Côvo (Costa Alentejana) – 7,8Km em 2h02m06s (28.08.2009)
2009 – Travessia Arquipélago das Kerkennah a Sfax na Tunísia – 22Km em 4h41m (07.10.2009), integrando o Projecto “Dialogue Across the Seas”, apoiado pelo Governo da Tunísia
2010 - 48 km Manhattan Island Marathon Swim
Videos
External links
- A Marathon Swimming Inflection Point: New York City, June 2011
- MIMS...Way Back When Erica Rose Won Manhattan Island in 2011
- 9 Accomplish Canal Faial Pico Crossing
- Miguel Arrobas blog
- Travesía Peniche islas Berlengas
- Oceans Seven
- Oceans Seven List
- Two Duos Traverse Tagus
- Miguel Arrobas, The Portuguese Man And The Sea
- Going Swimming On Holiday
- 9 Accomplish Canal Faial Pico Crossing
- 9 Succeed In Nadar Açores Project Between Pico And Faial
- Letícia Toste, First Woman To Cross São Jorge-Pico
- Fastest English Channel Crossings By Olympic Swimmers
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
