Corrie Ebbelaar
Corrie Dixon (née Corrie Ebbelaar) is an open water swimmer and coach from the Netherlands. She moved to Dover, England with her husband Ray Dixon in 1974.
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Open Water Swimming Highlights
- In 1981, the Dover Lifeguards set the England-to-France one-way crossing relay record in 7 hours 17 minutes with teenage swimmers Sarah Coles, Tony Kingsbury, Bridget, Andrew, Carolyn, and Richard Charlesworth, coached by Corrie Dixon-Ebbelaar.
- On 5 September 1971, she completed a 33.5 km crossing of the English Channel from England to France in 10 hours 43 minutes at the age of 22, she broke Greta Andersen's record by 2 hours 57 minutes.
- In 1971, she set the one-way and two-way Windermere crossing records and married Raymond Dixon.
- On 5 August 1973, she completed the 32 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in Quebec, Canada in 9 hours 2 minutes 39 seconds.
- On 4 August 1974, she completed the 32 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in Quebec, Canada in 9 hours 54 minutes 41 seconds.
- In 1971, she completed a crossing between Robben Island and Three Anchor Bay in South Africa in a record time.
- In 1973 was the women’s world professional marathon swimming champion.
- In 1974, she was ranked third behind Americans Diana Nyad and Sandra Bucha.
- After retirement, she coached at the Dover Lifeguard Club with husband Ray Dixon and focused on open water swimming, not only for Dover swimmers, but also those who came from abroad to attempt the English Channel. She combined a rigorous pool swimming regimen with an admittedly tough open water training program that began as early as April in Dover, depending on the weather.
- 1981: England-France relay (average age of the team 15) in a world record time of 7 hours 17 minutes,.
- 1982: Richard Charlesworth from France to England in a world record time of 8 hours 52 minutes.
- 1984: Lyndon Dunsbee from France to England in a world record time of 8 hours 17 minutes.
- 1988: Richard Davey from France to England in a world record time of 8 hours 5 minutes.
- Throughout the 1980's, she coached Dover swimmers who dominated British Long Distance Swimming Association events, setting records from Brighton to Loch Lomond as they formed the core of the British Long Distance Swimming Team.
- She coached two swimmers, Lyndon Dunsbee and Bridget Young, who were inducted into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 1988.
- She helped develop the Queen of the Channel, Alison Streeter’s early career and other British swimmer including Justin Palfrey.
- She was part of the two-way (England-to-France-to-England) Hetzel's Texas Volunteers relay that set a two-way record across the English Channel in 17 hours 50 minutes in 1974. They completed the first leg from England to France in 8 hours 51 minutes and the second leg from France to England in 8 hours 59 minutes.
4th Arab Nations Race in 1978
1. Alawi Mekki, Saudi Arabia, 9 hours 54 minutes
2. Ibrahim Faidalla, Egypt, 10 hours 4 minutes
3. Elsaid Fagher, Saudi Arabia, 10 hours 7 minutes
4. Raymond Dixon, Great Britain, 10 hours 43 minutes
5. Marawan Saleh, Syria, 11 hours 15 minutes
6. Jula Hagus, Hungary, 12 hours 4 minutes
7. Nazla Faidalla, Egypt, 11 hours 6 minutes
8. Desmond Renford, Australia, 14 hours 1 minutes
9. Kevin Murphy, Great Britain, DNF after 6 hours 52 minutes
10. Paula Pinto, Italy, DNF after 5 hours 44 minutes
11. Corrie Dixon, Holland, DNF after 4 hours 45 minutes
12. Sultan Kegab, Sudan, DNF after 3 hours 30 minutes
13. Maher Saleh, Syria, DNF after 2 hours 30 minutes due to
14. Gianni Golini, Italy, DNF after 2 hours 11 minutes
1977 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation Rankings
Men
1. John Kinsella (USA) 1,375 points
2. Bill Heiss (USA) 1,033 points
3. Claudio Plit (Argentina) 932 points
4. Jon Erikson (USA) 604 points
5. Magdy Mandour (Egypt) 563 points
6. Raul Villagomez (Mexico) 556 points
7. Amin Yousseff (Egypt) 550 points
8. Marwan Saleh (Syria) 477 points
9. Ray Dixon (England) 433 points
10. Dennis Matuch (USA) 426 points
11. James Barry (USA) 391 points
12. Nasser El Shazly (Egypt) 331 points
13. Magdy Farid (Egypt) 225 points
14. Ibrahim Feidalla (Egypt) 205 points
15. Baher Hamid (Egypt) 192 points
16. Martin Neiman (USA) 184 points
17. Guy Montpetit (Canada) 158 points
18. Ossama Rachad (Egypt) 150 points
19. Wayne Westman (USA) 133 points
20. Sultan Kigab (Sudan) 131 points
21. Mohamad Gamie (Egypt) 120 points
Women
1. Loreen Passfield (Canada) 1,375 points
2. Cynthia Nicholas (Canada) 1,054 points
3. Kim Lumsdon (Canada) 545 points
4. Corrie Dixon (Holland) 483 points
5. Nazala Moustafa (Egypt) 404 points
6. Omneya Tantawi (Egypt) 379 points
7. Sharon Beckman (USA) 245 points
8. Martha Stortz (USA) 210 points
External links
- 10 Hours 43 Minutes…An Unimaginable Coincidence in the English Channel
- 50 Years Ago Across The English Channel, There Were Great Races
- Racing Across The English Channel In The 1970s, 1980s
- Corrie Dixon-Ebbelaar, Successful Channel Swimmer And Coach
- The Bar Is Always Being Raised: History’s Tough Pool and Ocean Swimming Workouts
- The Olympic Club of San Francisco On The Channel
- Are You Tough? Really Really Tough? Check Out History's Tough Swimming Workouts
- Freda Streeter, The Channel General, Recalls Her Career On WOWSA Live
- The Many Faces Of Professor Paul Jagasich
- When The Machine Dominated, A Look At The Pro Circuit In 1977
- World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- Sandra Bucha Talks About Seeking Opportunities On WOWSA Live
- Corrie Dixon-Ebbelaar, Successful Channel Swimmer And Coach
- Channel Swimming Association swimmers
- Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Rottnest Channel Swim
- Marathon Swimming
- Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli website
- Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean
- Marathon Swimmers Federation
