Rhine

From 29 June to 8 August 2025, Avram Iancu of Romania completed a 556 km stage swim along the Main River and Danube Canal to completed the Triple Crown of River Stage Swims that included a 89-day 2,860 km stage swim in 2017 in the Danube River, a 48-day 1,032 km stage swim in 2023 in the Rhine River, and a 40-day 556 km stage swim in the Main River and Danube Canal where he covered 4,448 km in a total of 177 days from the North Sea to the Black Sea through continental Europe with the support of observer Radu Ileană and escort pilot Ulise Galu

Professor Dr. Andreas Fath is nominated for the 2015 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year for recognition of his extraordinarily difficult swim at the 1,231 km Rheines Wasser stage swim in the Rhine

The Rhine (German: Rhein; French: Rhin; Dutch: Rijn) is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps, forms part of the Swiss-Austrian, Swiss- Liechtenstein border, Swiss-German and then the Franco-German border, then flows through the Rhineland and eventually empties into the North Sea in the Netherlands. It is the second longest river in Central and Western Europe (after the Danube), at about 1,230 km (760 miles).

The Rhine and the Danube formed most of the northern inland frontier of the Roman Empire and, since those days, the Rhine has been a vital and navigable waterway carrying trade and goods deep inland. The many castles and fortifications along the Rhine testify to its importance as a waterway in the Holy Roman Empire. In the modern era, it has become a symbol of German Romantic nationalism.

Open Water Swimming

• From 29 June to 8 August 2025, Avram Iancu of Romania completed the Triple Crown of River Stage Swims included a 89-day 2,860 km stage swim in 2017 in the Danube River, a 48-day 1,032 km stage swim in 2023 in the Rhine River, and a 40-day 556 km stage swim in the Main River and Danube Canal where he covered 4,448 km in a total of 177 days from the North Sea to the Black Sea through continental Europe.
• Professor Andreas Fath completed a 1,231 km assisted stage swim along the River Rhine in 28 days in 2014. His stage swim was called the Swim for science (Rheines Wasser). The assisted stage swim was first attempted by Austrian adventurer Klaus Pechstein in 1969.
• Romanian Avram Iancu completed the Swim for Schengen, Swim for Romania, a 48-day 1,032 km stage swim down the Rhine River from kilometer 0 in Konstanz to the Rhine River's mouth in the North Sea in 48 days in 2023.

External links

• After 40 Days and 40 Nights, Avram Iancu Completes His Triple Crown of River Stage Swims Across Europe
• Avram Serves As An Ambassador Along His Triple Crown of River Stage Swims
• Avram Iancu Begins Triple Crown of River Stage Swims
• Avram Iancu Set to Culminate the Triple Crown of River Stage Swims
• Avram Iancu Completed 1,032 km Swim for Schengen, Swim for Romania along the Rhine with a Heartfelt Mission
• Swimming Professor Andreas Fath Researches The Rhine