Dan Canta
Dan Canta is a 17-year-old Romanian open water swimmer who lives in Melbourne, Australia and is the protagonist of The Swim Kid, The Official Dan Canta Story, an Akkordien Films Production.
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Open Water Swimming Career
- Canta achieved the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming as the second youngest person and the youngest male swimmer in history
- Canta swam across the Catalina Channel In 11 hours 13 minutes taking 47,110 strokes under the auspices of the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation
- Canta swam across the English Channel from Dover to Calais in 14 hours 32 minutes in September 2015 at the age of 16 under the auspices of the Channel Swimming Association as the first Romanian and youngest Australian swimmer in a charity swim for the Robert Connor Dawes Foundation
- Canta swam around Manhattan Island in the 20 Bridges Swim in 7 hours 55 minutes under the auspices of New York Open Water
- Canta is a member of the Icebergers Brighton of Melbourne, Australia
- Canta completed a 3-person relay across the English Channel with his 12-year-old brother and mother Doina
- Canta was nominated for the 2016 WOWSA Awards, a recognition of outstanding men, women, performances and offerings around the globe sponsored by the World Open Water Swimming Association in the category of the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year for his Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
2016 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year nomination
Canta's Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming was nominated for the 2016 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year award.
Dan Canta has taken an unusual road to become the youngest male to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. A 17-year-old Romanian who lives in Melbourne, Australia, the teenager is the protagonist of The Swim Kid, a film documentary of his life and path to the Triple Crown. After starting his Triple Crown journey at the age of 16, he completed the circumnavigation around Manhattan Island with the 20 Bridges Swim and an 11 hour 13 minute crossing of the Catalina Channel. Along the way, he also completed an English Channel relay with his mother and 12-year-old brother. For organizing a charity effort for the Robert Connor Dawes Foundation as part of his Triple Crown journey, for completing the Triple Crown at the young age of 17 as the first Romanian in history, for representing well the Brighton Icebergers as a mature ambassador around the world, Dan Canta's Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming is a worthy nominee for the 2016 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year.
20 Bridges Results on 1 October 2016
1 Dan Canta 7:55:52 (Romania/Australia)
2 Devon Clifford 8:03:10 (Mamaroneck New York)
3 Maureen Montgomery 8:04:11 (Clearwater Florida)
4 James Loreto 8:09:44 (Bethesda Maryland)
5 Daniel Martinez Lobo 8:11:41 (London, United Kingdom)
6 Jaimie Monahan 8:13:20 (New York, New York)
7 Arlene Gonzalez 8:16:18 (Mexico)
8 Caroline Block 8:48:19 (Baltimore, Maryland)
External links
- Binge Watching Swimming Over The Last Century
- Sarah Thomas' Lake Powell Marathon Is 2016 World Open Water Swimming Performance Of The Year
- The Swim Kid
- Akkordien Films Production
- The Swim Kid Achieves The Triple Crown
- The Swim Kid From Down Under
- 20 Bridges Swim
- Daniel Martinez Lobo Completes The Triple Crown
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- I Got Stung
- Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
- Dan Canta, youngest Australian male to swim English Channel, says dodging jellyfish the biggest problem
- Brighton Icebergers
- 2016 WOWSA Awards Nominees
- 2016 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nominees
- 2016 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year Nominees
- 2016 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Nominees
- 2016 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Nominees
