Zach Margolis
Zach Margolis is a 30-year-old software engineer and an American open water swimmer from San Francisco, California who has completed the Oceans Seven and the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. esides being an incredible open water swimmer, Zach is a software engineer and was a former swim commissioner at the South End Rowing Club (SERC) in San Francisco. He graduated from UC Davis. Zach enjoys data visualization projects (see his cool pennies data viz). He also hosted trivia over Zoom during shelter-in-place and used to run a photo newsletter called “The Weekly Margs.”
Oceans Seven
- On 22 September 2016, he completed a 32.3 km crossing of the Catalina Channelin 11 hours 4 minutes at the age of 27.
- On 2 November 2018, he completed a 14.4 km crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar between Spain and Morocco in 4 hours 9 minutes at the age of 28.
- On 22 June 2018, he completed a 33.5 km crossing of the English Channel from England to France in 12 hours 17 minutes at the age of 29.
- On 8 September 2019, he completed a 35 km crossing of the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland in 14 hours 24 minutes at the age of 30.
- On 30 September 2022, he completed a 45 km crossing of the Molokai Channel in 15 hours 47 minutes at the age of 33.
- On 15 December 2022, he completed a 23 km crossing of the Cook Strait between the North Island and the South Island of New Zealand]] in 7 hours 6 minutes at the age of 33.
- On 13 July 2024, he completed a 19.5 km crossing of the Tsugaru Channel from Aomori to Hokkaido in 10 hours 13 minutes at the age of 35.
Oceans Seven History
As of 14 August 2024, 32 humans in history have completed the Oceans Seven:
1. Stephen Redmond (Ireland)
2. Anna Carin Nordin (Sweden)
3. Michelle Macy (USA.)
4. Darren Miller (USA.)
5. Adam Walker (UK)
6. Kimberley Chambers (New Zealand)
7. Antonio Argüelles (Mexico)
8. Ion Lazarenco Tiron (Moldavia and Ireland)
9. Rohan Dattatrey More (India)
10. Abhejali Bernardová (Czech Republic)
11. Cameron Bellamy (South Africa)
12. Lynton Mortensen (Australia)
13. Thomas Pembroke (Australia)
14. Nora Toledano Cadena (Mexico)
15. Mariel Hawley Dávila (Mexico)
16. André Wiersig (Germany)
17. Elizabeth Fry (USA)
18. Attila Mányoki (Hungary)
19. Jonathan Ratcliffe (UK)
20. Jorge Crivilles Villanueva (Spain)
21. Adrian Sarchet (Guernsey)
22. Prabhat Koli (India)
23. Dina Levačić (Croatia)
24. Herman van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
25. Andy Donaldson (Scotland)
26. Stephen Junk (Australia)
27. Kieron Palframan (South Africa)
28. Bárbara Hernández Huerta (Chile)
29. Mark Sowerby (Australia)
30. Paul Georgescu (Romania)
31. Zach Margolis (USA
32. Petar Stoychev, Bulgaria
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- On 4 June 2016, he completed the 11.5 km Potomac River Swim from Hull Neck, Virginia to Point Lookout, Maryland in 3 hours 57 minutes 54 seconds at the age of 27.
- On 23 September 2016, he crossed the 32.3 km Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland in 11 hours 4 minutes 26 seconds at the age of 27.
- On 23 September 2017, he completed the 10 km Swim for the Potomac in Maryland in 3 hours 5 minutes 2 seconds at the age of 28.
- On 4 November 2017, he completed a tandem swim of the Strait of Gibraltar with Attila Mányoki for his second Oceans Seven channel in 4 hours 9 minutes.
- On 22 June 2018, he completed a 33.2 km crossing of the English Channel from England to France in 12 hours 17 minutes 0 seconds at the age of 29.
- On 23 September 2017, he finished 6th in the 10 km Swim for the Potomac in Maryland in 3 hours 5 minutes 2 seconds at the age of 28.
- On 1 June 2019, he won the 45.8 km 20 Bridges Swim around Manhattan Island in New York City in 7 hours 33 minutes 3 seconds at the age of 30 and achieved the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.
External links
- What Is Your Swim Course In The Open Water?
- How Do You Define A Crossing In The Open Water?
- Zach Margolis website
- Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Attila Mányoki Is Knocking At The Oceans Seven Door
- Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
- 3 Years In The Making With Zach Margolis
- Route Distance Versus Track Distance
- Zach Margolis' English Channel Success Is Black And White
- Zach Margolis Wins 20 Bridges, Achieves Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
- Zach Margolis: Past, Present And Future In The Open Water
- Zach Margolis Swimming In Style
