Carlos Franco Canton

Carlos Franco Canton is an open water swimmer from Mexico who completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

In September 2018, he completed a 33.5 km crossing of the English Channel from England to France.
In July 2019, he completed a 45.9 km circumnavigation swim around Manhattan Island in New York.
On 6 July 2021, he completed a 32.3 km crossing of the Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island from the Southern California mainland in 12 hours 23 minutes 58 seconds, coached by Nora Toledano.
In 2023, he completed a 14.4 km crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco in 2 hours 43 minutes in a tandem swim with Cynthia Aguilar Valdéz and Patricia Guerra Menendez in 2023 in 2 hours 43 minutes at the age of 48.