Alfredo Camarero

Alfredo Camarero, Marathon Swimming Great

Photo from the Sam Rockett collection shows the swimmers of the 1956 Butlin's International Cross-Channel Swimming Race including 1 Jack McClelland (32 from Belfast), 2 Jack Cloutier (24) Canada, 3 Dogan Sahin (25 from Turkey), 4 Ronald Tarr (19 from London), 5 Clarence Conza (33 from New Zealand), 6 Ian Tirrell (33 from South Africa), 7 Erik Martin (53 from Sweden), 8 Jenny James (28 from Wales), 9 Maria Meesters (17 from Holland), 10 Baptista Pereira (35 from Portugal), 11 Margaret Sweeney (26 from New Zealand), 12 Greta Anderson (29 from Denmark), 13 Elizabeth Wild (22 from New Zealand), 14 Florence Burdett (27 from America), 15 Diana Cleverley (22 from New Zealand), 16 Brenda Fisher (28 from Grimsby), 17 Thomas Park (32 from California), 18 Harold Bracewell (47 from Blackpool), 19 Edward (Ned) Barnie (59 from Scotland), 20 Arthur Rizzo (28 from Malta), 21 Mohammed El Soussi (28 from Syria), 22 Fredrick Oldman (40 from Huddersfield). 23 Mihir Zen (27 from India), 24 Alfredos Camarero (25 from Argentina). Toufic Bleik (25 from Lebanon), Kurt Feilen (30 from Germany), John Healey (29 from Ireland), and Edna Borenstein (19 from Israel) are not included in the photo

Alfredo Camarero (1931-2012) was an Honour Swimmer from Argentina who was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 1978.

Professional Marathon Swimming Career

Camarero twice swam the English Channel
He won the 1959 Billy Butlin Cross Channel International Swim from France to England in 11 hours 43 minutes in 1959
He won the 1960 English Channel race from France to England in 12 hours 23 minutes
He won the 33 km professional Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in 1955 in 8 hours 45 minutes
He won the Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in 1956 in 11 hours 53 minutes
He won the 36 km (22.5-mile) Around The Island Swim in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA in 12 hours 17 minutes in 1957 over Tom Park and Greta Andersen
He finished third in the 1954 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy.
He finished second in the 1957 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy.
He finished second in the 1958 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy.