Daniel Martinez Lobo Completes Catalina And Chorizo Four
Courtesy of John Tierney, Serpentine Swimming Club, London. With his recent crossing of the Catalina Channel, John Tierney reported that Daniel Martinez Lobo became the first individual in the world to complete the Chorizo Four.*
The Spanish open water swimmer from the Serpentine Swimming Club completed the Catalina Channel in 14 hours 8 minutes on October 15th to complete the quartet of marathon swims.
In 2013, he completed Neda el Món‘s 22.3 km Illes Formigues – Illes Medes (Medes to Formigues Islands swim) in Catalonia, Spain in 8 hours 9 minutes and the Strait of Gibraltar in 7 hours 9 minutes. In 2014, he completed a crossing from England to France in 14 hours 43 minutes.
* Illes Formigues – Illes Medes + Strait of Gibraltar + English Channel + Catalina.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Daily News of Open Water Swimming and founder of WOWSA. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010).
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