Balasaheb Ramchandra Ghadge

Balasaheb Ramchandra Ghadge is an Indian open water swimmer and police officer.

Marathon Swimming Career

On 14 August 2000, he crossed the 14.4 km Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco in 5 hours 16 minutes at the age of 49.
On 8 August 2001, he crossed the 14.4 km Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco in 5 hours 28 minutes at the age of 40.
On 26 August 2001, he crossed the 14.4 km Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco in 5 hours 55 minutes at the age of 40, together with brother Vinod Ramchandra Ghadge.
On 2 August 2002, he crossed the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco in 6 hours 10 minutes at the age of 41.
In 2004, he completed the 24.5 km International Swimming Marathon of Toroneos Gulf in Greece from Kallithea to Nikiti Beach in 14 hours 10 minutes.
At the age of 48, he crossed the Palk Strait in 2011 from Talaimannar, Sri Lanka to Dhanushkodi, India in 12 hours 41 minutes in 2011, together with 50-year-old Rajiv Trivedi. They started the 29 km long swim from Talaimannar coast at 4 am on 25 March and reached Dhanushkodi, a city at the southern tip of Rameswaram island in Tamil Nadu, India at 4:40 pm.