Boris Mavra
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Frequent Flyers standing left to right: Boris Mavra, Rob Ouldcott, Kevin Blick, Robert Fisher, Samantha Mould, Mark Johansen
Boris Mavra is an open water swimmer from the United Kingdom, originally from Serbia.
Professional Career
He is founder and managing director at Risk Point.
Open Water Swimming Career
- he serves as the Chairman of the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation
- he successfully completed 4 solo crossings of the English Channel - on 29 July 2009 in 14 hours 24 minutes, on 26 July 2011 in 11 hours 59 minutes, on 22 July 2012 in 12 hours 52 minutes and on 14 July 2013 in 13 hours 59 minutes.
- in 2011 he swam the Lake Zurich Marathon Swim (26,4 km) in 10 hours 13 minutes
- he is a member of the Frequent Flyers, a 6-person relay from Great Britain and Germany that attempted a 69 km (49 mile) all butterfly 6-person relay in Lake Geneva, Switzerland. They finished with an unratified time of 33 hours 34 minutes 9 seconds on 13-14 July 2016. The team consisted of Mark Johansen, Kevin Blick, Sam Mould, Robert Fisher, Rob Ouldcott, and Boris Mavra. Their unprecedented attempt using butterfly faced primal and dangerous conditions including predominant headwinds exceeding 32 knots. The relay decided to change to freestyle in the interests of safety after nearly 13 hours.
- on 10 Aug 2015 the Frequent Flyers achieved a Guinness World Record as "The fastest relay swim crossing of the English Channel using butterfly stroke (mixed team) in 19 hours 15 minutes, achieved by Boris Mavra, Mark Johansen, Samantha Mould, Robert Ouldcott, Kevin Blick (all UK) and Robert Fisher (Germany)," with pilot Neil Streeter on Suva.
- he competed in the 2016 19 km International Jarak-Šabac Marathon Swim (Plivački maraton Jarak-Šabac) in Serbia.
- he was a member of the Cold Turkey, a six-person relay that crossed the English Channel on 2 December 2017 in 13 hours 18 minutes in 9°C water and 6°C air with Deirdre Ward, Kevin Blick, Mark Johanssen, Dani Lobo and Rob Ouldcott, all members of the Serpentine Swim Club and escorted by Sea Satin.
External links
- Jessica Hepburn Becomes 2nd Woman, 14th Person in History to Achieve Peak and Pond
- Julian Critchlow Honored By The International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame
- Pearls Of Wisdom From Julian Critchlow
- Risk Point
- Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation
- Frequent Flyers Finish Freestyle
- Frequent Flyers Facebook Page
- Lake Geneva Swimming Association
- Frequent Flyers Video on Lake Geneva Swimming Association Facebook Page
- Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation
- English Channel data base of solo swimmers
- English Channel website
- Giving Back At The Highest Levels
- Duje Milan, Karla Šitić Win Plivački Maraton Jarak-Šabac
- Plivački maraton Jarak-Šabac
- Swimming Sam's Bespoke Art
- Fly to France GWR butterfly relay report
- The Winter Serious
- @swimmingdragons
- 6 Degrees Of Separation In The English Channel
- Martin Cullen, Father Of Cork Marathon Swimming
- Lisa Cummins, Irish Luminary In The Open Water
- Eilís Burns, Irish Luminary In The Open Water
- Deirdre Ward, Irish Luminary In The Open Water
- Kieran Fitzgerald, Godfather Of Irish Channel Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- Irish Long Distance Swimming Association Official Website
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
