Ragip Vural Tandogan

Ragip Vural Tandoğan is a 57-year-old Turkish open water swimmer from Istanbul Bagcilar.

Open Water Swimming Career Highlights

He completed a 19.6 km crossing from Anacapa Island to the California mainland on 8 September 2023 in 8 hours 33 minutes.
He achieved the California Triple Crown of Marathon Swimming on 8 September 2023 at the age of 57.
He was a member of The Brave Turks, an English Channel relay that completed a two-way crossing of the English Channel on 1 September 2017, escorted by Stuart Gleeson, that received the CSA Special Award in 2017. The other swimmers included Gurkan Gulyuz, Hakan Alsaran, Emre Seven, Kamil Resa Alsaran, and Ayse Yasemin Yildirim.
He completed a crossing of the English Channel in August 2016.
He completed a crossing of the Catalina Channel on 28 July 2017 in 13 hours 1 minutes 38 seconds.
He completed a 14.4 km crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco in over 5 hours 10 minutes on 4 August 2016 in a tandem swim with Kamil Resa Alsaran.
He participated in the 45.8 km 20 Bridges Manhattan Island Swim in New York on 30 June 2018.
He completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming after finishing 12th in the 45.8 km 20 Bridges Manhattan Island Swim in New York on 30 June 2018 in 10 hours 15 minutes 45 seconds in a tandem swim with Kamil Resa Alsaran.
He completed the Lake Tahoe Triple Crown in a cumulative time of 33 hours 39 minutes 23 seconds:
- True Width on 15 July 2022 in 7 hours 36 minutes 49 seconds
- Vikingsholm on 21 July 2022 in 8 hours 5 minutes 51 seconds
- Length on 29 July 2022 in 17 hours 56 minutes 43 seconds