THE ORIGINAL TRIPLE CROWN is three channels the North Channel, English Channel, and Bristol Channel.
The original Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming is a marathon swimming challenge consisting of three historically important swims:
The less known Original Triple Crown was first completed in 1971 some 16 years before the better known Triple Crown [which comprises The English Channel, the Catalina Channel and the Manhattan Island swim (20 Bridges in later years)].
To qualify for THE ORIGINAL TRIPLE CROWN
Undoubtably, The Original Triple Crown is a most prestigious title and maintains its qualifying criteria in honour of the first finisher Kevin Murphy.
Year | Name | English Channel | North Channel | Bristol Channel | |||
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Date | Time | Date | Time | Date | Time | ||
1971 | Kevin Murphy (First Male) |
1968 | 15:55:00 | 1970 | 11:21:00 | 1971 | 13:54:00 |
17/07/1975 | Ted Keenan | 13/08/1972 | 18:11:00 | 11/08/1973 | 18:27:00 | 17/07/1975 | 14:26:00 |
21/07/2000 | Stephen Price | 18/08/1987 | 15:04:00 | 21/07/2000 | 16:56:00 | 28/09/1991 | 15:43:00 |
10/07/2022 | Siân Clement (First Female) |
01/07/2009 | 12:48:00 | 10/07/2022 | 12:45:00 | 23/07/2016 | 14:01:00 |
21/07/2022 | Elaine Burrows Dillane | 10/09/2019 | 12:45:00 | 21/07/2021 | 14:54:00 | 21/07/2022 | 12:52:00 |
10/08/2022 | Sarah Philpott | 14/09/2020 | 13:48:00 | 10/08/2022 | 16:21:00 | 22/06/2022 | 12:21:00 |
20/09/2022 | Fergal Somerville | 23/09/2011 | 12:21:00 | 16/06/2013 | 12:21:00 | 20/09/2022 | 15:35:00 |
19/09/2022 | Martyn Webster | 25/08/2016 | 11:42:00 | 13/08/2019 | 11:12:30 | 19/09/2022 | 09:10:00 |
19/09/2022 | Pat Gallant-Charette | 22/08/2011 | 15:57:00 | 24/08/2016 | 14:22:00 | 19/09/2022 | 12:55:49 |
29/06/2023 | Lee Johnston | 17/09/2021 | 16:11:00 | 22/06/2022 | 13:34:00 | 29/06/2023 | 11:43:00 |
24/07/2023 | Paul Georgescu | 14/09/2016 | 13:36:00 | 25/08/2022 | 11:07:03 | 24/07/2023 | 10:55:36 |
09/08/2023 | Dina Levačić | 17/09/2017 | 11:42:00 | 21/08/2022 | 10:26:58 | 09/08/2023 | 09:51:42 |
23/08/2023 | Graham Lock | 30/07/2016 | 12:58:00 | 25/08/2022 | 14:16:03 | 23/08/2023 | 10:26:00 |
23/08/2023 | Elizabeth Fry | 20/08/2003 | 09:05:00 | 25/08/2019 | 11:13:11 | 23/08/2023 | 09:24:10 |
24/08/2023 | Barry Murphy | 05/07/2019 | 11:52:00 | 10/07/2022 | 13:53:00 | 24/08/2023 | 10:17:00 |
07/09/2023 | Andrew Keay | 23/07/2019 | 15:10:00 | 10/07/2022 | 14:30:12 | 07/09/2023 | 14:27:05 |
09/09/2023 | Dave Berry | 03/10/2022 | 12:35:00 | 09/09/2023 | 12:32:00 | 24/08/2023 | 10:15:00 |