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Eddie Irwin
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4-person English Channel relay with Imelda Lynch (far left), Patrick Sheehan (second from left), Coach Eilis Burns (middle), Oswald Schmidt (second from right), and Eddie Irwin (far right)
Edmond Irwin is an Irish open water swimmer whose nickname is Steady Eddie.
Open Water Swimming Career Highlights[edit]
- He is the first swimmer from Ireland to join the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming by completing a solo crossing of the English Channel, Catalina Channel and Manhattan Island Marathon Swim.
- He is a member of the Sandycove Island Swim Club.
- He completed a 5.3 km swim around Spike Island from Cobh, Ireland in 2008.
- He is the second Irishman to have completed a crossing of the Catalina Channel (after Stephen Redmond) in a time of 9 hours 39 minutes.
- He completed the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 2011.
- He completed the Lake Zurich Marathon Swim in 2009 in 9 hours 25 minutes.
- He completed a crossing of the English Channel under the auspices of CS&PF in 2008 in 13 hours 48 minutes.
External links[edit]
- Manhattan Island Marathon Swim bio
- Catalina Channel Swimming Federation
- Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
- Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation
- Open Water Swimming
- A Celebration Of Catalina Channel Champions
- Crowned In Cork, Good Things Come In Threes
- Fearsome, Ferocious, Fickle Farallones Awaits The Irish
- One False Move By Ned Denison Across The Bay
- The Way Things Were: Irish Champion Of Champions
- Swim Ireland
- Irish Long Distance Swimming Association
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Triple Crowners Showcase Their Fountain Of Youth - Age of Triple Crowners
- Swimming Upon Slipway
