Nick Adams

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Nick Adams is an inductee (Honor Swimmer) of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in the Class of 2013

Nick Adams, President of the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation

Nick Adams, finishing on the Southern California shoreline after completing the Catalina Channel

Nick Adams (born 17 September 1976) is a world-class marathon swimmer and channel swimmer who teaches and resides in London, England. He is married to fellow marathon swimmer Dr. Sakura Hingley and serves as a Marathon Swimming Mentor.

Contents

1 Channel Swimming Career
2 International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honors
3 2013 Service To Marathon Swimming Award
4 Membership
5 Videos
6 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Men
7 External links

Channel Swimming Career

Adams has completed 16 crossings of the English Channel including #16 completed in 12 hours 4 minutes on 18 July 2020.
Adams is the President of the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation.
Adams is founder of the Eton Camp, an open water swimming camp.
Adams founded and manages the influential Channel Swimmers Website and the Channel Swimmers' Chat Group that provides a global forum for marathon swimmers and a plethora of resources for the channel swimming community.
Adams was a judge at the 2012 H2Open Awards organized by H2Open Magazine, an award designed to celebrate achievement in open water swimming.
Adams has been involved in English Channel swimming since the age of 15 and was the youngest person to complete a two-way crossing of the English Channel at the age of 16 years.
Adams has completed the English Channel 16 times including a two-way crossing in 27 hours 28 minutes that qualified him for the 24-hour club. His latest crossings were in 2011 (10 hours 22 minutes), 24 July 2012 and 14 July 2016 (10 hours 15 seconds).
Adams has attempted a [[three-way crossing of the English Channel.
Adams has crossed the 32.3 km Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland in 10 hours 48 minutes.
Adams completed the 14.4 km Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco to complete 3 Oceans Seven channels.

International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honors

Adams was inducted as a Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in its Class of 2013 for his outstanding body of work. He was inducted on 12 October 2013 in Cork, Ireland at the annual International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame induction ceremonies.

2013 Service To Marathon Swimming Award

Adams is a member of The Dover Beach Crew that includes Freda Streeter, Irene Wakeham, Barrie Wakeham, Kevin Murphy, Michelle Topatalo, Mike Jennings, Tanya Harding, Mike Ball, John Thorpe and other volunteers who won the inaugural Service to Marathon Swimming Award in 2013 given by the Marathon Swimmers Forum and who regularly run training sessions in Dover harbour for swimmers who challenge themselves to solo and relay crossings of the English Channel.

Membership

Adams is a member of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, the Triple Break or Triple Crown of Prison Island Swims, and the 24-hour club and has done 3 of the Oceans Seven.

Videos

World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Men

Adams was named one of the World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Men in 2015 by the World Open Water Swimming Association.

External links

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