Tim Denyer

Red Top Performance coach Tim Denyer was featured in the film Don't Be Prey about Mark Sowerby and his Oceans Seven journey around the world

The Spirit of Great Britain members included ⁠Hector Pardoe, ⁠George Taplin, ⁠Toby Robinson, ⁠Daniel Jervis, ⁠Tom Dean, ⁠Josh Gammon, and Coach Tim Denyer

Amber Keegan swimming across the English Channel coached by Red Top Swimming founder Tim Denyer

Red Top Performance coach Tim Denyer with William Smith (UK), Dr. Tessa Garside, and Chris Cook after their individual Catalina Channel swims in late September - early October 2024 32.3 km crossings

Coach Mark Rickhuss and swimmer Tim Denyer preparing for the English Channel in 2005, a swim captured in the award-winning documentary film Two Swimmers

Jamie Mackay, Paul Leonard, Red Top Swimming Club coach Tim Denyer, Red Top Swimming Club coach Matt Duggan, Rob Woodhouse, Zeina Alsharkas, Jo Norman, and Miles Worling at Waikiki Beach near the Strait of Gibraltar in Spain

Tim Denyer is a British open water swimmer, coach, and co-founder and coach of Red Top Swim, along with Peter Prijdekker.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

• Tom Dean, Josh Gammon, George Taplin, Dan Jervis, Toby Robinson, and Hector Pardoe completed a 33.5 km English Channel crossing on 22 September 2026 in 6 hours 55 minutes under the auspices of the Channel Swimming Association coached by Tim Denyer and escorted by Reg Brickell and Ray Brickell with Kevin Peters onboard Viking Princess II, coached by Denyer.
• He is featured in Don't Be Prey, appearing as himself as coach of Mark Sowerby, the film's protagonist.
• He is a coach of marathon swimmers and channel swimmers.
• He starred in Two Swimmers, an award-winning film, about his swim across the English Channel under the direction of coach Mark Rickhuss.
• He completed a 33.5 km crossing of the English Channel in 2005.
• He completed a 14.4 km crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar.
• He completed a 26.4 km swim in Lake Zurich.
• He completed a solo crossing of the Hellespont.
• He completed open water swims throughout Europe and Africa.
• He trains and mentors athletes representing their countries at the European and World Triathlon Championships at both the professional and age-group level.
• He co-founded Red Top Swim in 2007 and is constantly researching and developing alternative training methods to improve pace and efficiency.

External links

• Orange County Radio interview - Ohana Stories with Ross Chun and Steven Munatones
• It Was A Race For The Ages. The Spirit of Great Britain Finishes In 6 Hours 55 Minutes
• Swimmers Supporting Swimmers - In The Media With Best Human Spirit
• British versus Americans Across the English Channel – A Crossing For The Record
• Back the Swim. Break the Record. Save Lives
• Don't Be Prey Coming To America
• Underwater Unknowns Across The Tsugaru Channel
• Enjoy the BlueTits Summer Dipathon
• Ram Barkai On Swimming In The Cold For The First 60 Seconds
• A Conversation with Sian Richardson of BlueTits and Tim Denyer of Red Top Swim
• A Red Carpet Welcome Down Under For Don't Be Prey
• So Many Things To Be Afraid Of…For 10 Years During 7 Crossings: One Unbelievable Journey
• Mark Sowerby Talks About Endurance In The Ocean and On Dryland. His Oceans Seven Journey Continues
• A Decade To Destiny. Mark Sowerby’s Solo Challenge Turns Into Triumph and Global Friendships
• Paul Leonard Swims Around The World With Sharks and Siblings
• Red Top Performance
• One Day To Change Your Life – Mark Sowerby Experienced Many
• Don't Be Prey website
• Don't Be Prey IMDb
• “It Was The Hardest Swim Of My Life,” Rob Woodhouse Achieves The Oceans Seven
• Breaking News: Seismological Shift Sends Swimmer Shifting Along the Surface of Tsugaru
• Rob Woodhouse versus Andy Donaldson, Coming Down To the End In The Oceans Seven
• So Much More To Swimming Beyond The Black Line With Rob Woodhouse
• Aussie Tough: Joanne Norman Will Be Back
• Paul Leonard Is Hit By Cookiecutter Shark In The Molokai Channel
• Egor Tropeano Returns to Molveno After 20 Years to Win IISA World Championship
• Treasuring Time On Tappi
• Chris Cook Crosses Catalina - All For One, One For All
• Will Smith Goes Searching for the California Coast – and Finally Finds It on a Dark, Foggy, Cold Crossing of Catalina
• Dr Tessa Garside Goes On An Adventure: Dark, Foggy, Cold Across Catalina
• Red Top Cruises Along The California Shore This Week
• What Los Angeles 2028 Can Learn from the 2024 Paris Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
• Impressions of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim on the Seine
• Breaking News: Seismological Shift Sends Swimmer Shifting Along the Surface of Tsugaru
• The Oceans Seven: Anatomy of a Tsugaru Channel Crossing
• Mark Sowerby Achieves the Oceans Seven, a 9-Year Journey
• Old-School Shark Policy from Decades Ago
• Mark Sowerby Powering Through The World's Oceans
• Mark Sowerby Crosses Catalina…With A Bump In The Night
• Tough, Turbulent, Tempestuous, but Moar Makes Molokai
• Binge Watching Swimming Over The Last Century
• Seeing Red Across The Strait Of Gibraltar
• Red Top Swim
• Tim Denyer Twitter feed
• Two Swimmers By Steve Sander
• Two Swimmers, a movie
• Open Water Swimming
• Marathon Swimming
• Swimming Under The Red Top