Steve Stievenart

Stève “Seal” Stievenart, nominee for the 2021 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Award

Stève Stievenart is a 45-year-old open water swimmer from Wimereux, France. His nickname is the Seal.

Open Water Swimming Career

• 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 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 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.
• 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.
• In 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• In February 2022, he completed a 32.3 km crossing of the Catalina Channel in 13 hours 40 minutes.
• 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.

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 the World Open Water Swimming Association. 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

• 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