Prabhat Raju Koli
Prabhat Raju Koli (born 27 July 1999) is a 24-year-old open water swimmer from Mumbai, India who is co-coached by his father Rrkoli Koli and Sally Minty-Gravett. He became the youngest person in history to complete the seven channels of the Oceans Seven in 2023 at the age of 23.
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Oceans Seven Channel Swims
- English Channel, 33.5 km from England to France in 13 hours 14 minutes on 20 September 2015
- Catalina Channel, 32.3 km from Catalina Island to Palos Verdes Peninsula in Southern California in 10 hours 30 minutes on 8 August 2016
- Molokai Channel, 42 km from Molokai Island to Oahu in 17 hours 22 minutes in 7 June 2017
- Tsugaru Channel, 19.5 km from Honshu to Hokkaido in 9 hours 52 minutes on 11 September 2017
- North Channel, 35 km from Northern Ireland to Scotland in 10 hours 41 minutes on 4 August 2018
- Strait of Gibraltar, 14.4 km from Spain to Morocco in 4 hours 22 minutes on 21 April 2019
- Cook Strait, 23 km from North Island to South Island in 8 hours 41 minutes on 1 March 2023 at 23 years 7 months 5 days
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- He participated in the Epic Swim Maui with Mariam Saleh Bin Laden of Saudi Arabia, John Clark, Andrew Donaldson of Scotland, Bárbara Hernández Huerta of Chile, Nathalie Pohl of Germany, Jonathan Ridler of New Zealand, Yvette Dickson Tetteh of Ghana, Sarah Thomas of the USA, and Mostafa Zaki of Egypt. This unprecedented expeditionary swim is a 12-day 300 km circumnavigation swim around the island of Maui in Hawaii, a celebration of the Hawaiian culture and a call to action for ocean health that starts on 7 July 2024.
- He is the youngest male swimmer to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.
- He is the youngest person to complete the Oceans Seven in history.
- He was awarded the 2018 Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award in the Water Category.
- he completed the 81 km India National Open Water Swimming Competition in Bhagirathi River in West Bengal.
- On 18 August 2015, he swam 66 km in a Round Jersey solo circumnavigation swim in Jersey in 10 hours 11 minutes in 18ºC. He was the first Asian swimmer who completed this swim.
- On 20 September 2015, he swam 34 km across the English Channel in 13 hours 14 minutes in 18ºC at the age of 16.
- On 28 March 2016, he swam 8 km Langebaan swim from Preekstoel to Parlies rest at Langebaan in Cape Town, South Africa in 17ºC in 1 hour 55 minutes at the age of 16.
- On 4 February 2016, he swam 7.4 km from Robben Island to Blouberg in 2 hours 2 minutes to finish 8th in 14ºC water at the age of 16.
- On 8 April 2016, he swam 8 km around Cape of Good Hope a the Cape Point Swim in 1 hour 55 minutes to finish 2nd in 14ºC water at the age of 16.
- On 13 April 2016, he swam 8 km from Llandudno to Camps Bay in 13ºC to 15ºC water in 2 hours 14 minutes to break the existing record of Andrew Chin of 2 hours 24 minutes.
- On 15 April 2016, he swam 18 km from Blouberg to Robben Island to Melkbos in South Africa in 5 hours 30 minutes at the age of 16.
- On 20 April 2016, he swam 10 km around Robben Island in 15ºC to 16ºC water in 3 hours 5 minutes at the age of 16.
- In 2016, he completed a Round Jersey circumnavigation swim in 10 hours 11 minutes.
- On 8 August 2016, he crossed 32.3 km in the Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland in 10 hours 30 minutes at the age of 17.
- On 7 June 2017, he crossed 42 km in the Molokai Channel from Molokai Island to Oahu in 17 hours 22 minutes at the age of 17.
- On 25 June 2017, he finished 9th in the 20 Bridges Manhattan Swim around Manhattan Island in New York in 8 hours 5 minutes 7 seconds to become the youngest male to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming at the age of 17.
- On 17 July 2017, he completed a 15.2 km crossing of the Bodenseequerung from Lindau, Germany to Rorschach, Switzerland in 5 hours 11 minutes at the age of 17.
- On 11 September 2017, he completed a 19.5 km crossing of the Tsugaru Channel from Honshu to Hokkaido in 9 hours 52 minutes, the youngest swimmer in history to cross in 18 years 1 month 15 days.
- On 4 August 2018, he completed a 35 km crossing of the North Channel from Northern Ireland to Scotland in 10 hours 41 minutes, the youngest to cross in 19 years.
- On 21 April 2019, he completed a 14.4 km crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco in 4 hours 25 minutes together with Nathan Payas from Gibraltar, Ravi Sandesh from Mumbai, India, and Jenny Fitzgerald from Jersey.
- On 20 February 2020, he attempted to complete a 23 km crossing of the Cook Strait to complete the Oceans Seven, but he was pulled short after 8 hours 24 minutes in the water with coach Sally Minty-Gravett on his escort boat.
- On 31 July 2022, he completed a crossing of Lake Tahoe from California to Nevada in 12 hours 37 minutes 35 seconds at the age of 23.
- On 1 March 2023, he achieved the Oceans Seven after crossing the 23 km Cook Strait from the South Island to the North Island in 8 hours 41 minutes 5 seconds at the age of at 23 years 7 months and 2 days. He became the 22nd person to complete the Oceans Seven as he was escorted by Donald Dring, observed by Brett Richardson, crewed by Chief Omar Vaquero, and navigated by Corey Fairbairn.
Honors
- He was awarded the 2018 Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award in the Water Category in New Delhi, India.
Oceans Seven Swimmers
As of 17 July 2026, 52 humans in history have completed the Oceans Seven:
1st: Stephen Redmond (Ireland)
2nd: Anna-Carin Nordin (Sweden)
3rd: Michelle Macy (USA)
4th: Darren Miller (USA)
5th: Adam Walker (UK)
6th: Kimberley Chambers (New Zealand)
7th: Antonio Argüelles (Mexico)
8th: Ion Lazarenco Tiron (Moldavia/Ireland)
9th: Rohan Dattatrey More (India)
10th: Abhejali Bernardová (Czech Republic)
11th: Cameron Bellamy (South Africa)
12th: Lynton Mortensen (Australia)
13th: Thomas Pembroke (Australia)
14th: Nora Toledano Cadena (Mexico)
15th: Mariel Hawley Davila (Mexico)
16th: André Wiersig (Germany)
17th: Elizabeth Fry (USA)
18th: Attila Mányoki (Hungary)
19th: Jonathan Ratcliffe (UK)
20th: Jorge Crivilles Villanueva (Spain)]
21st: Adrian Sarchet (Guernsey)
22nd: Prabhat Koli (India)
23rd: Dina Levačić (Croatia)
24th: Herman van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
25th: Andy Donaldson (Scotland)
26th: Stephen Junk (Australia)
27th: Kieron Palframan (South Africa)
28th: Bárbara Hernández Huerta (Chile)
29th: Mark Sowerby (Australia)
30th: Paul Georgescu (Romania)
31st: Zach Margolis (USA)
32nd: Petar Stoychev (Bulgaria)
33rd: Nathalia Pohl (Germany)
34th: Caitlin O’Reilly (New Zealand at the age of 20 years 7 months 15 days)
35th: Ryan Utsumi (USA)
36th: Marcia Cleveland (USA)
37th: Eduardo Collazos Valle-Guayo (Peru)
38th: Rob Woodhouse (Australia)
39th: Alessandra Rossi Cima (Brazil)
40th: Bengisu Avci (Turkey)
41st: Simon Olliver (New Zealand)
42nd: Andreas Waschburger (Germany)
43rd: Joanne Norman (Australia)
44th: Paul Leonard (Great Britain)
45th: Gráinne Moss (Ireland)
46th: Karen Ennis (Great Britain)
47th: Rob Lea (USA) who simultaneously achieved history's first Double Sevens
48th: Anshuman Jhingran (India) at 21 years 3 months and 17 days
49th: Joe Zemaitis (USA) the first person to complete the Oceans Seven and the Stillwater 8
50th: Bogusław Ogrodnik (Poland)
51st: Toni Enderli (Switzerland)
52nd: Steve Leitch (USA)
External links
- What An Oceans Seven Year 2025 Will Be
- Gunjan Parulkar, A Precocious Indian Swimmer
- Caitlin O’Reilly Becomes Youngest Oceans Seven Swimmer In History
- Anshuman Jhingran Crosses the Molokai Channel on a Beautiful Night
- Sayani Das Swims To Another First For India
- Epic Swim Maui Team Combines Swimming with Science
- Quartet of Andy Donaldson, Stefan Reinke, John Clark, and Ryan Leong Remain Strong Through The First 10 Days of Epic Swim Maui
- Epic Swim Maui Heads Through The Roughwater Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
- Epic Swim Maui Forges On with Another Rough Day and A Shark Encounter
- Epic Swim Maui Continues - Day 2 and A Day of Rest
- Epic Swim Maui Begins – Day 1 from Hāna to Ke’anae
- Best of the Best Will Swim Around Maui Within 20 Days
- 112 Days Until The Epic Maui Swim
- Epic Swim Maui
- What Swimmers Will Next Be Honored By Their Government?
- 18 Years In The Making: Stephen Junk Achieves The Oceans Seven
- Kieron Palframan Achieves The Oceans Seven
- Prabhat Koli Talks About His Oceans Seven Journey
- Prabhat Koli Achieves The Oceans Seven, The Youngest In History
- National Honors Awarded to Open Water Swimmers
- Open Water Swimmers Conferred with the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award
- Open Water Swimming
- Sally Minty-Gravett, Otto Thaning, Ned Denison Give Tribute To Varne Ridge On WOWSA Live
- Prabhat Koli Getting Closer
- Marathoning With Masyuki Moriya
- Successes Across The Strait of Gibraltar
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Asociación Cruce A Nado Del Estrecho De Gibraltar
- Prabhat Raju Koli Wins Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award
- Sally Minty-Gravett MBE On High
- Prabhat Raju Koli Tours South Africa
- Round Jersey Solo Swims
- Channel Swimming Association
- Marathon Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- I Got Stung
- World Marathon Swimming Association
- Young Man Continues His Open Water Travels
- Prabhat Raju Koli Makes Molokai
- Challenging Channel Crossings With Michael Twigg-Smith
- Benjamin Freeman Swims Swiftly Around Manhattan
- Prabhat Koli Achieves The Triple Crown
- New York Open Water
- Prabhat Raju Koli Shows Immense Gratitude & Grit
- Dina Levačič Achieves The Triple Crown
- Michael Twigg-Smith On Molokai Channel Crossings
- Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
- Prabhat Koli: 5 Down, 2 To Go For The Oceans Seven
- Three For Three, Déjà Vu Across The North Channel
- Prabhat Koli, 6 Down, 1 To Go In The Oceans Seven
