Pieter Christian Jongeneel Anderica

Pieter Christian Jongeneel Anderica was nominated for the 2016 WOWSA Awards, a recognition of outstanding men, women, performances and offerings around the globe sponsored by the World Open Water Swimming Association in the category of the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year

Pieter Christian Jongeneel Anderica is a Spanish open water swimmer from Málaga who has completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming and five Oceans Seven channels: Strait of Gibraltar (3 times), English Channel, Catalina Channel, Cook Strait, and Molokai Channel.

Open Water Swimming Career

• he completed a double circumnavigation swim of Manhattan Island in 20 hours 15 minutes on 18 September 2016
• he has completed four of the seven Oceans Seven swims
• he completed the Strait of Gibraltar in 2004 (one-way crossing in 5 hours 17 minutes)
• he completed a two-way crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar in 2005
• he completed an English Channel crossing in 2007
• he completed a Catalina Channel crossing in 2008
• he completed a crossing of the Cook Strait in 2011
• he attempted a crossing of the Molokai Channel in 2012
• he completed the 21.97-mile (35.3 km) Gateway to India Challenge in Mumbai, India in December 2012 with the assistance of Indian coach Arti Pradhan
• he completed the Travesía Peniche islas Berlengas in Portugal in 2010. In this swim, he swam 10 km from Peniche (Playa de Baleal) to the island of Berlengas in rough seas caused by the nortadas (winds from the Azores). In the 14°C water with Miguel Arrobas, he encountered many cangrejos rojos (red crabs) swimming on the surface of the water.
• he completed a crossing of the Menorca Channel in Spain in 2015
• he was nominated for the 2016 WOWSA Awards, a recognition of outstanding men, women, performances and offerings around the globe sponsored by the World Open Water Swimming Association in the category of the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year for his double circumnavigation swim of Manhattan Island

2016 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year nomination

Pieter Christian Jongeneel Anderica's double circumnavigation swim of Manhattan Island was nominated for the 2016 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year.

Pieter Christian Jongeneel Anderica of Spain created a non-profit organization to help others, NGO Brazadas Solidarias. His chosen charity swim of 2016 was a record-setting Double Circumnavigation Swim around Manhattan Island in New York City. His long, lean frame and streamlined stroke enabled him to break the long-standing record of Skip Storch, but his effort was not immune to the winds and tidal interference that Manhattan Island presents to all its multi-circumnavigationists. After 20 hours 15 minutes, the 42-year-old finished at South Cove where he and his crew had experienced everything imaginable including illness and oncoming tides. For his grit and courage throughout, for his passion for helping others before and after, for his record-breaking swim of nearly a day, Pieter Christian Jongeneel Anderica's Double Circumnavigation Swim is a worthy nominee for the 2016 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year.

Charity Swimming Project

He has created the NGO Brazadas Solidarias in order to raise funds to collaborate with humanitarian projects through popular open water swims that attracts up to 200 local swimmers and the individual challenges that he organizes such as the Gateway to India swim.

Double Manhattan Circumnavigation

Pieter Christian Jongeneel Anderica of Spain completed a double circumnavigation swim of Manhattan Island in 20 hours 15 minutes on 18 September 2016, breaking the 2007 record of Skip Storch in 20 hours 56 minutes. Film by Fernando Alonso Films.

Multi-circumnavigations around Manhattan Island

1979 double attempt - George Kauffmann of the USA
1980 double attempt - Tom Hetzel of the USA
1983 double success - Julie Ridge of the USA in over 21 hours
1984 double attempt - Ben Huggard of the USA [with his feet tied in a charity swim
1984 triple success - Stacy Chanin of the USA in 33 hours 30 minutes
2007 double success - Marcos Diaz of the Dominican Republic (wetsuit) in 22 hours 14 minutes
2007 double/triple success - Skip Storch of the USA in 20 hours 56 minutes (double) and 32 hours 52 minutes (triple)
2016 double success - Pieter Christian Jongeneel Anderica of Spain in 20 hours 15 minutes

External links

• Sarah Thomas' Lake Powell Marathon Is 2016 World Open Water Swimming Performance Of The Year
• Pieter Christian Jongeneel Anderica blog
• Travesía Peniche islas Berlengas
• Oceans Seven
• Oceans Seven List - September 2012
• Travesía Peniche islas Berlengas
• Vicente Ferrer Foundation
• Brazadas Solidarias
• Gateway to India data
• Gateway to India And Inspirational Smiles
• Open Water Swimming
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Brazadas Solidarias en Manhattan para frenar el VIH en la India rural
• Jongeneel consigue rodear dos veces Manhattan en 20 horas
• Christian Jongeneel le da dos vueltas a Manhattan
• The Courage And Grit Of Christian Jongeneel
• Christian Jongeneel Double Manhattan Circumnavigation
• 2016 WOWSA Awards Nominees
• 2016 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nominees
• 2016 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year Nominees
• 2016 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Nominees
• 2016 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Nominees
• The Genesis Of 40 Bridges, Doing 57 Miles With A Smile
• Swimming Closely Together Over Long, Long Distances