| 词条 | Philip Rush |
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Biography(1st leg - 7 h 55 mins, 2nd leg - 8 h 15 mins, 3rd leg - 12h 11 mins) To date only three other people have completed a three way channel swim. Jon Erikson in 1981, Alison Streeter in 1990 and Chloe McCardel in 2015. Philip also completed a two way swim of the English Channel in 1985 in a time of 17 h 56 mins.[2] Amongst Philip's other achievement include swimming the English Channel 10 times, the Cook Strait 8 times, including one of only two people to complete a Double Crossing, a feat he achieved on 13 Mar 1984 in a time of 16 h 16 mins and repeated on 9 Feb 1988 in a time of 18 h 37 mins.[3] Philip also became the first person to complete a double crossing of New Zealand's Lake Taupo (40.2 km) which he completed on 14–15 January 1985. He also holds the time record of 10 h 14 mins set on 10 March 1985.[4] In June 2000 Philip was invited to take part in carrying the Olympic torch through Wellington, New Zealand.[5] Philip retired from swimming in 1990 and now coaches, and enjoys preparing swimmers to tackle the Cook Strait. External links
References1. ^Channel Swimming Association Solo 3-way successes {{DEFAULTSORT:Rush, Philip}}2. ^Channel Swimming Association Solo 2-way successes {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409030250/http://www.nethost4u.co.uk/CSA/content/PDF/2W0001.pdf |date=9 April 2008 }} 3. ^Cook Strait Marathon Swim website 4. ^Open Water Swimming - Major marathon courses 5. ^New Zealand Fire Service Magazine - Issue No 48 - June/July 2000 9 : 1963 births|Living people|New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame inductees|New Zealand male swimmers|Male long-distance swimmers|English Channel swimmers|Swimmers from Dunedin|New Zealand long-distance swimmers|Cook Strait swimmers |
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