No Faking It On NBC With Pat Gallant Charette
Footage of Pat Gallant Charette, courtesy of Mike Scott.
Craig Melvin, an MSNBC anchor and NBC’s Today Show correspondent, and a TV crew traveled to Maine to interview American dynamo Pat Gallant Charette about her open water swimming accomplishments and her final attempt at the elusive Oceans Seven – something she has been moving towards since 2008.
Over the course of Gallant-Charette’s career, she has set numerous records:
* Strait of Gibraltar, third fastest woman of all time and the fastest American woman in 2010
* Catalina Channel, oldest woman to successfully cross at the age of 60 in 14 hours 11 minutes in 2011
* Tsugaru Channel, oldest woman to successfully cross at the age of 61 in 19 hours 36 minutes in 2012
* North Channel, oldest woman to successfully cross at the age of 65 years in 14 hours 22 minutes in 2016
* Molokai Channel, oldest woman to successfully cross at the age of 66 years in 23 hours 54 minutes in 2017
* English Channel, oldest woman to successfully cross at the age of 66 years in 17 hours 55 minutes in 2017
The 66-year-old’s legacy and swims will be described on The Today Show on July 25th in the United States.
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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. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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