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Peter Tanham

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Peter Tanham is a member of the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame

Peter Tanham is a channel swimmer and an accountant from Perth, Western Australia, nicknamed Mighty Marlin.

Contents

1 Open Water Swimming Career Highlights
2 Rottnest Channel Swims
3 Life Members of the Rottnest Channel Swim Association
4 External links

Open Water Swimming Career Highlights

He is an Honouree in the Class of 2020/2021 of the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.
He is a member of the Half Century Club who was 50.74 years old when he crossed the Rottnest Channel in 5 hours 44 minutes in 2010.
As a 54 years old, he crossed the 32.3 km Catalina Channel from the Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland on 1 September 2014 in 10 hours 7 minutes.
He achieved the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming in 2015.
He did his first open water swimming in 1983 at the age of 23 when he completed an 18 km ocean swim from Rottnest Island back to the Australian mainland in Perth. Since then, he has completed 28 Rottnest Solo crossings over 31 years.
He completed a 33.8 km crossing of the English Channel (CS&PF) on 15 August 2005 in 9 hours 4 minutes.
He completed the 45.9 km Manhattan Island Marathon Swim on 1 August 2015 in 7 hours 35 minutes.
He completed the first Male double crossing of the Rottnest Channel in western Australia in 1991 in 14 hours 8 minutes 5 seconds.
He has completed the greatest number of 19.7 km Rottnest Channel Swims by a male at 30 as of 2018.
He coached over 100 people who have swum the Rottnest Channel, the English Channel, competed in Manhattan Island Marathon Swim, the Catalina Channel, and numerous other swims in Australia and around the world.

Rottnest Channel Swims

Rottnest Solo Channel Swim on 5 January 2014 in 5:01:11
Rottnest Solo Channel Swim on 25 April 2013 in 5:27:04
Rottnest Solo Channel Swim on 7 January 2013 in 5:58:54
Rottnest Solo Channel Swim on 10 January 2012 in 4:52:35
Rottnest Solo Channel Swim on 16 December 2010 in 5:02:43
Rottnest Channel Swim on 20 February 2010 in 5:44:18
Rottnest Channel Swim on 21 February 2009 in 5:44:19
Rottnest Channel Swim on 21 February 2004 in 5:19:00
Rottnest Solo Channel Swim on 2 March 2003 in 4:52:00
Rottnest Solo Channel Swim on 27 January 2003 in 4:55:03
Rottnest Solo Channel Swim on 28 December 2002 in 4:48:21
Rottnest Channel Swim on 23 February 2002 in 5:42:03
Rottnest Channel Swim on 24 February 2001 in 5:10:36
Rottnest Channel Swim on 26 February 2000 in 5:10:46
Rottnest Solo Channel Swim on 2 January 2000 in 5:38:10
Rottnest Channel Swim on 21 February 1998 in 5:26:54
Rottnest Solo Channel Swim on 5 December 1997 in 5:42:00
Rottnest Channel Swim on 17 February 1996 in 5:43:23
Rottnest Solo Channel Swim on 19 November 1995 in 5:29:08
Rottnest Solo Channel Swim on 7 May 1995 in 5:57:25
Rottnest Solo Channel Swim on 29 January 1995 in 4:54:00
Rottnest Channel Swim on 19 February 1994 in 6:10:21
Rottnest Channel Swim on 20 February 1993 in 4:55:00
Rottnest Channel Swim on 22 February 1992 in 4:59:04
Rottnest Solo Channel Swim on 28 January 1991 in 14:08:05 (two-way, 39.4 km)
Rottnest Solo Channel Swim on 14 February 1985 in 5:45:00
Rottnest Solo Channel Swim on 13 March 1983 in 6:30:00

is an open water swimmer and event administrator from Australia who is a Life Member of the Rottnest Channel Swim Association.

Life Members of the Rottnest Channel Swim Association

He is a Life Member of the Rottnest Channel Swim Association with the following individuals:

• John Whitehead
• Peter Tanham
• Kevin Holtom
• Lesley Meaney
• John Guilfoyle
• David Craig
• Richard Verboon
• Shelley Hatton
• Les Stewart
• Barbara Pellick
• David Corney

External links

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