Miyuki Fujita

Muyuki Fujita, an 8-time English Channel swimmer

Miyuki Fujita with her coach Haruyuki Ishii on the shores of Dover

Miyuki Fujita is an open water swimmer from Japan.

Open Water Swimming Career Highlights

• She made two attempts at swimming across the English Channel in 2004
  • after 10 hours on her first attempt that was aborted due to thigh pain
  • after 17 hours 35 minutes on the second attempt that was aborted 3 km from France
• On 15 July 2005, she crossed the 33.5 km English Channel in 17 hours 3 minutes at the age of 39.
• On 2 August 2005, she crossed the 33.5 km English Channel in 13 hours 41 minutes at the age of 39.
• On 18 July 2006, she crossed the 33.5 km English Channel in 13 hours 34 minutes at the age of 40.
• On 10 July 2007, she crossed the 33.5 km English Channel in 13 hours 59 minutes at the age of 41.
• On 10 August 2007, she crossed the 33.5 km English Channel in 13 hours 54 minutes at the age of 41.
• On 23 July 2008, she crossed the 33.5 km English Channel in 14 hours 2 minutes at the age of 42.
• On 4 August 2009, she crossed the 33.5 km English Channel in 17 hours 18 minutes at the age of 43.
• On 20 August 2011, she crossed the 33.5 km English Channel in 18 hours 14 minutes under the escort of Neil Streeter at the age of 45.
• She has completed a crossing of the Suruga Bay in Japan.
• She completed a 11 hour 36 minute crossing of the Tsugaru Channel in 2005.
• She completed a 3-stage crossing of the Tsugaru Channel in a cumulative time of 37 hours 24 minutes.
  • The first crossing was on 31 August 2006.
  • The second crossing was on 2 September 2006.
  • The third crossing was on 4 September 2006 between Honshu and Hokkaido in northern Japan.
• She completed a six-stage crossing in a cumulative time of 26 hours 12 minutes in Japan between Awashima Island and Cape Ose in 2010.
• She completed 111 km of the 120 km distance of the Tsugaru Channel when she attempted to swim the entire length of the Tsugaru Channel from the Sea of Japan to the Pacific Ocean in 2009.
• On 23 July 2011, she crossed the 14.4 km Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco in 5 hours 5 minutes at the age of 45.

External Links

• Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
• Treasuring Time On Tappi
• You Want To Cross The Tsugaru Channel? What Should You Do?
• Swimming Strait - Tackling The Tsugaru
• Archives On The Tsugaru Channel
• Three Times Is A Charm For Miyuki Fujita
• Swimming For More Than 24 Hours
• Miyuki Fujita Breaks Her Own World Record
• Samurai Spirit Lives In The Channel
• Channel Swimming In The Land Of The Rising Sun
• From The Sea of Japan To The Pacific Ocean
• Miyuki Fujita Breaks World Record
• Samurai Spirit Lives in Channel
• Welcome to the English Channel
• Members of the 24-hour Club
• Swimming Strait - Tackling The Tsugaru
• Miyuki Fujita In Her Own Words
• Tackling The Tsugaru
• Tsugaru Channel Swimming Association
• Open Water Swimming
• Marathon Swimming
• World Marathon Swimming Association
• No Ferries On The Return From Peaks To Portland
• Masayuki Moriya Navigating The Pacific With Ocean-navi
• Free Wi-Fi In Japan For Foreign Swimmers
• Free Wi-Fi In Japan For Foreign Swimmers And Crew
• Updated 24-Hour Club
• 24-hour Club…Swimming All Day And Night
• Swimming For More Than 24 Hours