Ravi Sandesh
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Srikaanth Viswanathan and Ravi Sandesh after crossing the 35 km North Channel in 11 hours 38 minutes on 14 August 2023
Srikaanth Viswanathan and Ravi Sandesh after crossing the 35 km North Channel in 11 hours 38 minutes
Ravi Sandesh is an open water swimmer from Bengaluru, India.
Open Water Swimming Career Highlights
- 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, Prabhat Raju Koli from India, and Jenny Fitzgerald from Jersey.
- Together with Srikaanth Viswanathan, he crossed the 35 km North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland in 11 hours 38 minutes to become the first successful male 2 person swim of the North Channel.
- Earlier in 2018, he had successfully teamed up with Srikaanth Viswanathan to cross the English Channel as a 2 person relay team in 12hrs 49mins. They became the first team from India to have accomplished this feat.
