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Complete list of English Channel solo and relay swims by members of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team (all non-wetsuit) since our first successful swims in 1985

#1 1985	Niemz	Vasanti	F	101	Solo	E/F	17hrs 01mins	9/9/1985	Germany	D. Whyte
#2 1985	Keefe	Adhiratha	M	192	Solo	E/F	14hrs51mins	10/09/1985	USA	M. Dibble
#3 1987	Meywald	Pravaha	M	224	Solo	E/F	11hrs 29mins	5/8/1987	Germany	R. Armstrong
#4 1987	Nocker	Praphulla	F	255	Solo	E/F	13hrs 39mins	5/8/1987	Germany	M. Dibble
#5 1987	Schill	Annette	F	322	Solo	E/F	13hrs 02mins	18/08/1987	Germany	R. Armstrong
#6 1987	Girardet	Guy	M	325	Solo	E/F	10hrs 38mins	19/08/1987	England	E. Baker
#7 1987	Brisson	Michael	M	332	Solo	E/F	20hrs 07mins	16/09/1987	USA	R. Dixon
#8 1988	Davidson	Sunil	M	164	Solo	E/F	13hrs 49mins	5/8/1988	USA	R. Armstrong
#9 1988	Hein	Dhruva	M	225	Solo	E/F	15hrs 03mins	5/8/1988	USA	S. Dibble
#10 1988	Howard	Shraddha	M	256	Solo	E/F	15hrs 09mins	5/8/1988	USA	J. Jekabson
#11 1988	Möhrle	Ursula	F	194	Solo	E/F	14hrs 28mins	5/8/1988	Switzerland	E. Baker
#12 1988	Brisson	Michael	M	354	Solo	E/F	13hrs 32mins	7/8/1988	USA	R. Armstrong
#13 1988	Schill	Siegfried	M	353	Solo	E/F	13hrs 03mins	7/8/1988	Germany	R. Dixon
#14 1988	Bayle	Jacques	M	356	Solo	E/F	12hrs 22mins	18/08/1988	France	R. Dixon
#15 1988	Bach	Anugata	M	366	Solo	E/F	13hrs 05mins	19/09/1988	USA	D. Williams
#16 1989	Pogacher	Vincent	M	426	Solo (oldest Canadian at age 57)	E/F	15hrs 50mins	27/07/1989	Canada	D. Whyte
Relay # 1 1989	Prafulla, Vasanti, Vedika, Supriti, Ursi, Monika	Sri Chinmoy Oneness Peace Team	F		6-Person Relay	E/F	13hrs 20mins	?	German/ Swiss/ Austrian
#17 1989	Conrad	Gyde	F	640	Solo	E/F	18hrs 01min	8/8/1989	Germany	R. Armstrong
#18 1990	Sara	Robert	M	397	Solo	E/F	16hrs 15mins	2/8/1990	England	R. Brown
#19 1990	Bolliger	Vedika	F	368	Solo	E/F	14hrs 45mins	3/8/1990	Swiss	R. Armstrong
#20 1996	Bolliger	Vedika	F	615	Solo swim/ Channel-Triathlon Dover-Calais-Paris	E/F	16hrs 00mins	8/8/1996	Swiss	D. Whyte
#21 1997	Clarke	Karteek	M	547	Solo	E/F	11hrs 57mins		Scotland	D. Whyte
#22 2000	Van der Walt	Tejaswi	M		Solo	E/F	13hrs 22mins		Australia	D. Whyte
#23 2000	Clarke	Karteek	M		Solo	E/F	14hrs 52mins		Scotland	D. Whyte
#24 2001	Osborn	Ahelee	F		Solo	E/F	11hrs 22mins	07/28/01	USA	L. Oram
#25 2001	Clarke	Karteek	M		Solo	E/F	12hrs 49mins		Scotland	D. Whyte
#26 2001	Bolliger	Vedika	F		Solo	E/F	16hrs 29mins		Swiss	M. Oram
#27 2002	Clarke	Karteek	M		Solo	E/F	10hrs 53mins		Scotland	D. Whyte
#28 2002	Bolliger	Vedika	F		Solo	E/F	22hrs 30mins		Swiss	M.Oram
#29 2003	Bolliger	Vedika	F		Solo	E/F	22hrs 27mins		Swiss	M. Oram
#30 2003	Szekely	Mate	M		Solo	E/F	13hrs 05mins		Hungary	D. Whyte
#31 2003	Clarke	Karteek	M		Solo	E/F	16hrs 05mins		Scotland	D. Whyte
#32 2004	Clarke	Karteek	M		Solo	E/F	16hrs13mins		Scotland	D. Whyte
#33 2004	Lendacky	Josef	M		Solo	E/F	14hrs 28mins		Slovakia	D. Whyte
#34 2005	Clarke	Karteek	M		Solo	E/F	13hrs 31mins	16/07/05	Scotland	D. Whyte
#35 2005	Kunze	Beate	F		Solo	E/F	14hrs 06mins	01/08/05	Germany	C. Osmond
#36 2006	Clarke	Karteek	M		Solo	E/F	16hrs 18mins	24/07/06	Scotland	D. Whyte
# 37 2006	Nenko	Igor	M		Solo	E/F	10 hrs 29mins	05/08/06	Ukraine
# 38 2007	Claxton	Vijaya	F		Solo (oldest US lady at age 59)	E/F	22hrs 27mins	08/09/07	USA	E. Spelling
#39 2008	Clarke	Karteek	M		Solo	E/F	14hrs 54mins	29/08/08	Scotland	D. Whyte
#40 2009	Clarke	Karteek	M		Solo	E/F	16hrs 49mins	13/08/09	Scotland	D. Whyte
Relay # 2 2009	Zuzka, Abhejali, Viktoria, Vasanti	Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team - World Harmony Run Relay	F		4-Person Relay	E/F	13hrs 21mins	30/09/09	Czech Republic, Iceland, Germany	E. Spelling
#41 2010	Djordjevic	Angikar	M		Solo	E/F	19hrs 24mins	08/08/10	Serbia	Neil Streeter
#42 2010	Niemz	Vasanti	F		Solo swim / Channel-Triathlon Dover-Calais-Brussels-Aaachen	E/F	16hrs 50mins	03/09/10	Germany	Eddie Spelling
Relay # 3 2010	Mahakulina, Viharin, Jatnasheel, Harkara, Angikar	Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team Relay	M		5-Person Relay	E/F	13hrs 41mins	21/09/10	Slovenia, Czech Republic, Germany, Serbia	Chris Osmond
# 43 2011	Bernardová	Abhejali	F		Solo	E/F	14hrs 37mins	11/07/11	Czech Republic	Chris Osmond
# 44 2013	Passini	Adriano	M		Solo	E/F	11hrs 10mins	27/07/13	Brazil	Chris Osmond
# 45 2014	Clarke	Karteek	M		Solo	E/F	19hrs 01mins	30/07/14	Scotland	Mike Oram
# 46 2014	Djordjevic	Angikar Sasa	M		Solo swim / Channel-Triathlon Dover-Heidelberg	E/F	18hrs 41mins	06/09/14	Serbia	James Willi
Relay # 4 2014	Abhejali, Harita, Jayalata, Ritadyumna	Sri Chinmoy Golden Jubilee Team	F		4-Person Relay	E/F	16hrs 34mins	17/09/14	Czech Republic, New Zealand	James Willi
# 47 2017	Kvasova	Tatiana	F		Solo	E/F	20hrs 13mins	29/08/17	Russia	Eddie Spelling
# 48 2021	Bernardová	Abhejali	F		Solo / Channel-Triathlon Dover-Prague	E/F	15hrs 33mins	13/09/21	Czech Republic	Eddie Spelling / Rob Thompson

**Please send updates or changes to Vasanti or Tejvan

About the author:

Tejvan organises short-distance running and cycling races for the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team in his home city of Oxford. He is also a very good cyclist, having won the National hill climb championships in 2013 and finished 3rd in the National 100 Mile Time Trials in 2014.

Karteek Clare, English Channel Swimmer Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team — Karteek Clarke, photo: Sri Chinmoy Races CC, SA,BY 3.0

Karteek Clarke, a member of the Edinburgh Sri Chinmoy AC, is an accomplished runner, having completed numerous marathons and ultramarathon runs & walks. He is better known amongst club members for his swimming exploits however, which are centred on the stretch of water between Dover and Cap Gris Nez.

While crossing the English Channel just once would be a dream come true for many athletes, Karteek`s vision was to make the swim seven times. His epic quest began back in 1997.

True to the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team`s motto of Self-Transcendence he completed his 11th solo crossing on July 30, 2014 with the help of expert pilot Mike Oram, after quite some waiting around due to turbulent weather - no stopping Karteek!

Read and listen to accounts of Karteek's epic swims and some of his ultra distance running: