Steve Stievenart
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Stève Stievenart of France was the first person to complete the Triple Corona del Fin del Mundo in April 2026
Stève Stievenart completed Ice Miles in the Five Lakes of Mount Fuji in Japan together with Ger Kennedy, Teodor Tsvetkov, and Conor O Connor in February 2026
Steve Le Phoque is an autobiography about French International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Stève Stievenart
French polar ice swimmer Stève Stievenart rewarming under the supervision of second and observer Ger Kennedy
French Ice Sevens swimmer Stève Stievenart before completing an Ice Mile in Ship's Creek in Anchorage, Alaska
French Ice Sevens swimmer Stève Stievenart being interviewed en route to Mombetsu, Japan during his Ice Sevens Challenge global tour in December 2024
Stève “Seal” Stievenart, nominee for the 2021 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Award
Stève Stievenart completed a high-altitude Ice Mile in the Laguna del Inca in the Andes in October 2024
Stève Stievenart is a 48-year-old open water swimmer from Wimereux, France who was inducted as an Honor Swimmer into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Class of 2025. His nickname is the Seal.
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- On 26 September 2018, he crossed the 33.5 km English Channel from England to France at the age of 41 in 20 hours 55 minutes under the auspices of the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation.
- On 23 July 2019, he crossed the 33.5 km English Channel from England to France at the age of 42 in 17 hours 11 minutes under the auspices of the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation.
- On 1 June 2019, he completed the 20 Bridges Manhattan Swim around Manhattan Island in New York City, finishing in 7 hours 55 minutes 9 seconds at the age of 41.
- On 16 September 2019, he completed a 51 km Round Jersey circumnavigation swim in 11 hours 11 minutes at the age of 42.
- On 12 August 2020, he completed a 67 km two-way crossing of the English Channel between England and France in 2020 in 34 hours 45 minutes to join the 24-Hour Club at the age of 43.
- In July 2021, he participated in a 120 km 8-person relay crossing in Lake Baikal in Siberia in 8-12°C water.
- On 13 August 2021, he completed the 91.8 km 40 Bridges Manhattan Swim, twice around Manhattan Island in New York City at the age of 44 in 21 hours 15 minutes 43 seconds (the first loop was completed in 9 hours 32 minutes; the second loop was completed in 11 hours 43 minutes 43 seconds.
- On 26 August 2021, he swam 37 km across Loch Ness in Scotland in 14 hours 50 minutes, the 26th person and the first Frenchman to succeed at the age of 44.
- On 11 November 2021, he crossed the English Channel from England to France in 16 hours 47 minutes with escort boat pilot Marilyn Critchley under the auspices of the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation.
- On 15 September 2021, he swam in the 35 km North Channel from Northern Ireland to Scotland with Infinity Channel Swimming in 14 hours 44 minutes 3 seconds, the 92nd swimmer to do so, at the age of 44.
- On 11 November 2021, he crossed the 33.5 km English Channel from England to France in 16 hours 47 minutes in 12-14°C water.
- On 2 February 2022, he completed a 32.3 km crossing of the Catalina Channel in 13 hours 40 minutes at the age of 44.
- On 15-16 June 2022, he completed a 64.6 km two-way crossing of the Catalina Channel, starting and finishing at Smuggler's Cove on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in 28 hours 45 minutes 48 seconds at the age of 45. His first leg from the Southern California mainland to Catalina Island was completed in 15 hours 51 minutes 1 second, but his second leg from Catalina Island back to the mainland was completed in 12 hours 54 minutes 47 seconds – nearly 3 hours faster. His crew included coaches Kevin Murphy and Kathy Batts on board the Pacific Star with escort kayakers Dan Simonelli, Barb Schumacher and Patricio Libenson, and CCSF observers Don Van Cleve, Roxie Hipolito, and Steven Munatones
- On 22 August 2022, he completed a lengthwise crossing of Lake Tahoe from California to Nevada in 15 hours 46 minutes 58 seconds at the age of 45. His first leg was 15 hours 35 minutes, second leg was 16 hours 42 minutes, and third leg was 18 hours 53.
- On 30 June 2023, he completed an unprecedented three-way 96.9 km crossing of the Catalina Channel in 51 hours 18 minutes 3 seconds at the age of 46.
- On 7 September 2023, he crossed 69 km of Lake Geneva from the Chillon Castle to Bains de Pâquis in 35 hours 58 minutes at the age of 46.
- He completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming in 2022.
- He completed the Triple Crown of Lake Monster Swims in 2022.
- He participated in the 33.5 km Winter Relay of the English Channel on 12 January 2024 in 14 hours 45 minutes.
- In February 2024, he completed an Ice Kilometer in 1°C water on the Antarctica Peninsula at the 2024 IISA Antarctica Ice Swimming Adventure at the age of 46.
- He completed the Ice Sevens Challenge with the following 7 Ice Swims:
- On 14 May 2024, he completed an Ice Mile in Lke Tilsit, Morocco in 35 minutes 47 seconds at 2,120 meters in altitude in 4.73° water and 2.10°C air temperatures.
- On 10 August 2024, he completed an Ice Mile in Lake Crakenback, Australia in 39 minutes 17 seconds at 1,100 meters in altitude in 4.7°C water and 4.2°C air temperatures at the age of 47.
- On 5 October 2024, he completed a high-altitude Ice Mile at Ski Portillo, Chile in the Andes at 2,850 meters in 37 minutes 54 seconds at 4.7°C water and 3.6°C air temperatures at the age of 47 with expedition leader Ger Kennedy.
- On 24 October 2024, he completed an Ice Mile in Longyearbyen Svalbard, Norway in 33 minutes 56 seconds in 3.73°C water and -5.00°C air.
- On 13 November 2024, he completed a high-altitude 1.24 Ice Mile at the Alpeiner Nature Resort Tirol pond in Austria in 3.30°C water and -2.00°C air temperatures in 58 minutes 50 seconds at 1,020 metes in altitude
- On 10 December 2024, he completed an Ice Mile in Ship creek in Anchorage, Alaska, USA in 0.73°C water and 2.00°C air temperatures in 36 minutes 31 seconds in the sea.
- On 14 December 2024, he completed an Ice Mile in Beach Mombetsu in Mombetsu, Hokkaido, Japan in 2.63°C water and -6.00°C air temperatures in 37 minutes 32 seconds in the sea.
- He wrote his autobiography, Steve Le Phoque - Le destin exceptionnel d'un homme sauvé par la mer, together with David Michel.
- In March 2025, he completed a 23 km crossing of the Cook Strait from South Island to North Island.
2021 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nomination
He was nominated for the 2021 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Award by Steven Munatones. The winners and nominees include:
Winner: Paul Georgescu (Romania)
First Runner-up: Neil Agius (Malta)
Second Runner-up: Joel Matos Ortiz (Puerto Rico)
4. Josef Köberl (Austria)
5. Dr. Jaiprakash Duble (India)
6. Pablo Fernández Álvarez (Spain)
7. Stève “Seal” Stievenart (France)
8. Simon Griffiths (Great Britain)
9. Bogusław Ogrodnik (Poland)
10. Joseph Zemaitis (USA)
11. Damián Blaum (Argentina)
12. Florian Wellbrock (Germany)
13. Stéphane Lecat (France)
14. Kristóf Rasovszky (Hungary)
15. Andre Slade (Australia)
External links
- Living Adventurously In The 21st Century
- Stève Stievenart Is First To Achieve Triple Corona del Fin del Mundo
- The 2026 Tsugaru Channel Season: Foreigners Freestyling in the Far East
- The Unprecedented Ice Mile Adventures of Ger Kennedy, Teodor Tsvetkov, Stève Stievenart, Conor O Connor Conclude in the Five Lakes of Mount Fuji
- Freezing While Freestyling In Fuji – The Extreme Ice Mile Adventures of Ger Kennedy, Teodor Tsvetkov, Stève Stievenart, Conor O Connor
- Pioneering Ice Miles in the Five Lakes Of Mount Fuji - An Extreme Winter Adventure
- From Jersey to San Diego, IMSHOF On The Move
- International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Inductees to be Honored on Jersey in the English Channel
- Jaime Lomelín Gavaldón's Oceans Seven Quest: 5 Down, 2 To Go
- Graco Morlan and Joel Matos Join Together on an Oceans Seven Journey
- Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
- International Ice Swimming Association bio
- Winter Relay of the Bristol Channel Coming Up In February
- Stève Stievenart Achieves The Ice Sevens
- Post-Polar Ice Swim in Svalbard
- Stève Stievenart from IMSHOF Induction to Immersion and Beyond
- Stève Stievenart Wows Japan In A Japanese First
- Books by Honorees in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- DNF (Did Not Fail) in Antarctica Today - Tomorrow Is Another Day
- Stève Stievenart Inducted as an Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
- International Ice Swimming Association bio
- Stève Stievenart Does a High-Altitude Ice Mile in the Andes
- Social Media Influencers in the Open Water versus the Pool, A Comparison on Instagram
- Having A Whale Of A Time In Antarctica
- Power of One - English Channel Winter Relay Race
- The Winter Relay Sets The Standard Across the English Channel
- Ger Kennedy's Believe It Or Not
- The Excitement Has Begun When Winter and The Ice Return
- Don Van Cleve, The Picasso Of The Pacific
- Observing and Documenting The Improbable
- Stève Stievenart Achieves The Double Triple Crown
- The Open Water Swimming Socks of Kevin Murphy
- Marine Life Passing Through The Catalina Channel
- CCSF Has So Much to Give, Offer and Share
- Paul Georgescu is a WOWSA Award Winner: 2021 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year
- Celebrating The Seal, Stève Stievenart
- Extreme swimming: Stève "the seal" Stievenart broke a record crossing the English Channel
- From the Channel to Lake Baikal: how the swimmer Stève Stievenart, alias the Seal, metamorphosed
- Jessi Harewicz Completes Triple Crown Of Open Water Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- Marathon Swimming
