King of the Isle of Jersey
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Andy Truscott, the King of the Isle of Jersey
The King of the Isle of Jersey is the individual with the most number of 66 km circumnavigation swims around the Isle of Jersey.
King of the Isle of Jersey
- Andy Truscott is an open water swimmer from Jersey with three unprecedented marathon swims achieved during his career and seven career 50.5 km circumnavigation swims around the Isle of Jersey to date.
- On 22 August 2001, he completed a 50.5 km Round Jersey swim around the Isle of Jersey in 10 hours 39 minutes 48 seconds.
- On 7 July 2019, supported by escort pilot Matt Clarke, Alice Harvey and Chantelle Le Guilcher, he completed a 66 km training swim around Jersey in 10 hours 54 minutes.
- On 15 July 2018, he pioneered an unprecedented 101 km Double Round Jersey around the Isle of Jersey in 22 hours 7 minutes. Lap one was 10 hours 45 minutes; Lap two was 11 hours 42 minutes.
- On 7 July 2019, he completed a 50.5 km Round Jersey swim around the Isle of Jersey as a training swim in 10 hours 54 minutes.
- On 1 August 2019, he completed the 101 km Double Round Jersey around the Isle of Jersey in 22 hours 32 minutes.
Double Round Island of Jersey
Antonym
Queen of the Isle of Jersey (Sally Minty-Gravett, MBE)
External links
- Denize le Pennec Kicked Off Something Special Around Jersey
- Swimmers Of The 18th 24-Mile Tampa Bay Marathon Swim
- Tampa Bay Marathon Swim
- LongSwimsDB profile
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Andy Swims To France And Back
- Andy Truscott Circles Back And Swims Home
- Round And Round He Goes, Andy Truscott Around Jersey
- Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
