Christof Wandratsch

Christof Wandratsch

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Born	December 20, 1966
Medal record Men's swimming Competitor for  Germany European Championships Gold 1991 Terracina 25 km open water Gold 1995 Vienna 25 km open water Silver 1995 Vienna 5 km open water Silver 1997 Seville 25 km open water

Christof Wandratsch (born December 20, 1966) is a long distance swimmer from Germany. In August 2005 he set the world record for the fastest ever swim of the English Channel in a time of 7 h 03 mins,^[1] beating the previous record set by Chad Hundeby in 1994 of 7 h 17 mins. Christof came extremely close to beating the record in 2003, failing by just 3 mins, finishing in a time of 7 h 20 mins.

His record was broken by 6 mins in 2007 by Petar Stoychev who set at time of 6 h 57 mins.

References

1. ^ Dover Life Channel Swimming - Successful Crossings

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Name	Wandratsch, Christof
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