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Radio 5 Live,30 Aug 2018,20 mins

Youngest person to swim the Channel

Eye of the Storm

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Tom Gregory on swimming the English Channel aged 11 in 1988. He became the youngest person to swim the 32-mile crossing and it took him 32 hours. He still holds the record and has written a book about his experience to mark the 30th anniversary – A Boy in the Water.

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