List of successful English Channel swimmers
This is a list of notable successful swims across the English Channel, a straight-line distance of at least 33.7 kilometres (20.9 mi; 18.2 nmi). == First attempts == === First unaided attempt, by J. B. Johnson === The first attempt to cross the channel with no artificial aid was made by the 23-year-old J. B. Johnson on 30 August 1872.
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