Freda Streeter

Freda Streeter, MBE is an inductee (Honor Coach) of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame

Freda Streeter, MBE in Dover

Freda Streeter, MBE

Freda Streeter, MBE is an 81-year-old British open water swimming and channel swimming coach and training organizer in Dover, and English Channel crew member from Great Britain. Her nickname is the Channel General. Her son Neil Streeter is an English Channel escort pilot and her daughter Alison Streeter, MBE is the Queen of the Channel.

Open Water Swimming Career Highlights

• She was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 2005 as an Honour Observer and Honour Coach.
• She was recognized as a Trainer for coaching her daughter, Alison Streeter, the Queen of the Channel®, on her historic 34 hour 40 minute three-way crossing of the English Channel in 1990.
• She spent five months every year for two decades training English Channel swimmers on the weekends in Dover Harbour.
• She visits other well-known training venues around the world to share her knowledge and passion. Hundreds of English Channel swimmers owe their success to her training, support and advice.
• For her volunteer work in 2016, she was announced a Member of the British Empire for services to open water swimming.
• She is the namesake for the Streeter Award for Service to Marathon Swimming, awarded by the Marathon Swimmers Federation.
• She was named to the list of World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women by the World Open Water Swimming Association in 2015.

Dover Beach Crew

Streeter is the indisputable leader of the The Dover Beach Crew, a group of dedicated volunteers, including Irene Wakeham, Barrie Wakeham and other volunteers who won the inaugural Service to Marathon Swimming Award in 2014 given by the Marathon Swimmers Forum. They regularly run training sessions in Dover harbour for swimmers who challenge themselves to solo and relay crossings of the English Channel.

IMSHOF Honour Coaches

• Richard “Dick” Campion, Australia, inducted 2010/11
• Gilles Potvin, Canada, inducted 2006
• Gus Ryder, Canada, inducted 1981
• Tom Watch, Great Britain, inducted 1986
• Freda Streeter, Great Britain, inducted 2005
• Don Watson, USA inducted 2014

External links

• National Honors Awarded to Open Water Swimmers
• Jessica Hepburn Becomes 2nd Woman, 14th Person in History to Achieve Peak and Pond
• Women On The Water: Katherine Batts, Vicki Keith, Catherine Kase on WOWSA Live
• SwimOut Kicks Off with Sarah Thomas and Freda Streeter
• Freda Streeter, The Channel General, Recalls Her Career On WOWSA Live
• Cameron Bellamy Talks About His Extreme Adventures On WOWSA Live
• The World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women
• International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame website
• Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation website
• 40 Open Water Swimmers Known By One Name
• The Essence And Importance Of A Swim Mom
• Honour Coaches In The International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame
• Service to Marathon Swimming Award
• The Dover Beach Team
• Dover Beach Crew Honoured With Service Award
• Marathon Swimmers Forum
• The Floating Tribe Around The Globle
• What Are Swimmers Known As?
• The Win-Win Advantages Of Open Water Swimming
• Rory Fitzgerald + Kate Steels-Fryatt Rise To The Occasion
• Given Time, The Body Is An Amazing Instrument
• Lynn Kubasek's Legacy Honored By The MSF