Lachlan Hinds Becomes World’s Youngest Triple Crowner
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Australian Lachlan Hinds had something to smile about this month. He became the youngest person in history to successfully completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.
At 16, he completed the English Channel on July 5th 2012 in 12 hours 32 minutes. At 17, he completed the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim on June 8th 2013 in 7 hours 20 minutes.
At 18, he completed the Triple Crown with a Catalina Channel crossing on August 6th 2014 in 9 hours 31 minutes.
3 up, 3 down. 1-2-3. Hinds executed flawlessly a 3-year plan.
The teenager not only became the youngest person in the world to join the pantheon of marathon swimming greats, but he is also the youngest Australian male to swim the English Channel and the fifth Australian to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming as he studies Medical Science at university.
The Bondi Surf Life Saver and swim coach from Normanthrust packs a lot of goals and activities in his daily life and is well-positioned to continue achieving unusual and difficult feats.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. 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), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff.
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