Norman Trusty
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Norman Trusty is an inductee (Honor Swimmer) in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Class of 2003
Norman Trusty receiving his IMSHOF certificate at the CSA dinner in Dover from Dale Petranech- photo credit Dover Museum
Norman Trusty (died 10 January 2023) was a British marathon swimmer and observer. He was inducted as an Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in its Class of 2003.
Open Water Swimming Career
- On 7 September 1963, he swam 16.9 km across Lake Windermere in England in 5 hours 57 minutes 16 seconds.
- On 1 January 1964, he swam 16.9 km across Lake Windermere in England.
- On 4 September 1965, he swam 16.9 km across Lake Windermere in England in 5 hours 23 minutes.
- On 6 August 1966, he competed in the first Windermere International Championships in England in 6 hours 0 minutes 29 seconds.
- On 2 September 1967, he swam 16.9 km across Lake Windermere in England in 6 hours 41 minutes.
- On 7 September 1974, he swam 16.9 km across Lake Windermere in England in 6 hours 16 minutes.
- He swam from France-to-England on 2 August 1967 in 12 hours 5 minutes across the English Channel at the age of 34.
- He swam from England-to-France on 30 July 1971 in 12 hours 24 minutes across the English Channel at the age of 38.
- He swam from England-to-France on 15 September 1971 in 13 hours 41 minutes across the English Channel at the age of 38.
- He participated in 9 single-crossing English Channel relays including the 1977 Channel Swimming Association Committee Golden Jubilee Team.
- He set 3 records with Hetzel’s Texas Volunteers relay in 1974 (England-to-France in 8 hours 51 minutes, France-to-England in 8 hours 59 minutes, and England-to-France-to-England in 17 hours 50 minutes.
- He represented England and was 6th in the 1966 Windermere Championship (10.25 miles in 6 hours 00 minutes 29 seconds in the Lake District of England at the age of 33), and 3rd in the 1974 Windermere 25 km Championship.
- He served as a long-time Channel Swimming Association committee member and its Vice Chairman.
- He received the Channel Swimming Association’s Audrey Scott Memorial Trophy in 1998 for the greatest contribution to English Channel swimming.
- He received the Channel Swimming Association's Observer of the Year award in 1991. He has observed at least 50 solo swims, 13 relay swims, two double-crossings and four double-crossing relay swims.
- He was the 1954 British Long Distance Swimming Association Torbay champion.
- He won the 1966 British Long Distance Swimming Association International Windermere Championship (10.25 miles).
- He won the 1974 26 km British Long Distance Swimming Association International Windermere Championship.
- He swam Windermere on 5 occasions.
- He finished 2nd in the Morecambe Bay swim in 3 hours 27 minutes 14 seconds.
- He completed a Bala Two Way in 1963, finishing third.
- He won the Coniston Vets in 1979 and finished 3rd in 1981.
- He was the Kent County Backstroke and Long Distance Champion from 1954 to 1957.
- He was a member of the Otter Swimming Club, winning the ASA National Championships in the medley and freestyle relays in 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956.
- He served as an official Channel Swimming Association observer since 1967 and continued in that capacity for 37 years.
- He served as Observer Liaison Officer responsible for appointing independent observers for Channel crossings.
- He was the team manager and coach for the swimming section of the Metropolitan Police Relay Team for the inaugural championship of the London to Paris 1984 Triathlon.
External links
- Norman Trusty Passes Away, Leaving a Legacy in the Open Water
- Back In Time: In 1977 With The 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
- Open Water Swimming
- British Long Distance Swimming Association
