Jonathan Ezer
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Jonathan Ezer is an American ocean swimmer from Oahu, Hawaii.
Open Water Swimming
- He won the 1971 Waikiki Roughwater Swim on Oahu, Hawaii in the fastest time in the history of the event
- Ezer successfully crossed the Moloka'i Channel in 1974 in 13 hours 4 minutes at the age of 18
- Ezer finished 8th overall in 1:52:08 at the age of 25 in the 1981 7 km Hawaiian Christmas Looong Distance Invitational Rough-H2O Swim along Waikiki Beach, Oahu
- He became the first person to attempt a solo swim across the Kaieiewaho Channel in 1976, 72 miles from O'ahu to Kauai but never succeeded, a feat that has yet to be accomplished
- He participated in the winning 1981 Maui Channel Swim between Lanai and Maui in Hawaii together with Doug Rice, Jimmy Dean, Steve Bobko, Mark Cunningham, and Mike Trudeau in 3 hours 29 minutes
External links
- Maui Channel Swim
- Hawaiian Channel list
- Open water swimming
- Open Water Swimmers Who Dream Big
- Highlights And History Of the Ka'iwi Channel
- All-time Winners of the Waikiki Roughwater Swim
- Racing Across Waikiki Beach Time After Time
- Waikiki Roughwater Swim
- World Open Water Series
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- What Is The Fairest Channel Of Them All?
- What If...In The Molokai Channel?
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Shoup Suffers Stings, Pulled Out Of Kaieiewaho Channel
