Dan Curtis

Dan Curtis successfully swimming 34 km in The Big Swim along the River Derwent on 31 January 2015 in Tasmania, Australia. Photo by Kim Eiszele.

Diarmuid Herlihy, Valerio Valli and Daniel Curtis on the Tsugaru Channel

Daniel Scott Curtis is an American marathon swimmer of New York, New York who will attempt to complete the Oceans Seven. In addition to completing crossings of the Strait of Gibraltar and the Catalina Channel, he completed The Big Swim, a 34 km marathon swim from New Norfolk Bridge to the Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Australia on 31 January 2015 in over 16 hours and a crossing of the Tsugaru Channel in 2015.

Marathon Swimming Career

• On 22 February 2014, he finished 227th in the 19.7 km Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia in 7 hours 43 minutes 5 seconds at the age of 48.
• On 15 April 2014, he completed a 14.4 km crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco in 5 hours 10 minutes at the age of 48
• On 26 August 2014, he finished the 19 km Fehmarn Belt (Beltquerung) between Germany and Denmark in 11 hours 26 minutes at the age of 48.
• On 30 September 2014, he completed a 32.3 km crossing of the Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island to Southern California mainland in 12 hours 44 minutes 24 seconds at the age of 48.
• On 31 January 2015, he completed the 39.9 km Derwent River Big Swim from Bridgewater Bridge to Tasman Bridge in 15 hours 47 minutes at the age of 48.
• On 30 March 2015, he completed a 14.4 km crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco in 4 hours 18 minutes at the age of 49.
• On 7 September 2015, he completed a 19.5 km crossing of the Tsugaru Channel on 7 September 2015 in 13 hours 39 minutes with Valerio Valli and Diarmuid Herlihy as coach and support crew with Captain Mizushima as escort pilot.
• In 2015, he finished 17th in the 19 km Jarak-Šabac Marathon Swim in Serbia in 4 hours 32 minutes 30 seconds
• On 29 March 2016, he completed a 14.4 km crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco in 3 hours 57 minutes at the age of 50.
• On 28 March 2017, he completed a 14.4 km crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco in 6 hours 14 minutes at the age of 51.
• On 27 March 2018, he completed a 14.4 km crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco in 6 hours 48 minutes at the age of 52.

External links

• All-time Historical Big Swims Down Derwent River
• Doug Hughson Joins History By Completing Derwent River Big Swim
• Brenda Norman, Emma Radford Are 1-2 Down The Derwent River
• Ross Youngman Lives Up To His Name, Sets Derwent River Big Swim Record
• Albert Coward Describes Swimming In Golfo di Napoli On WOWSA Live
• Dan Curtis To Take On The Big Swim After 39 Years
• Dan Downs Derwent
• Oceans Seven Swimmers Take On Tsugaru
• Curtis Cuts Across The Channel
• Daniel Curtis Completes A Tsugaru Channel Crossing
• Hobart Homecoming
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Open Water Swimming
• Challenging Channel Crossings With Michael Twigg-Smith
• Michael Twigg-Smith On Molokai Channel Crossings
• Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
• Way Back When In Tasmania