Pere Renom On Swimming Between Continents
41-year-old Pere Renom is a Scientific Reporter with TV3 from Spain. He crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and reported on his swim from a wide variety of perspectives for a Spanish TV program of science called “Quèquicom” (What-who-how).Renom became the 298th person to cross the Strait of Gibraltar with a wetsuit. He crossed the Estrecho De Gibraltar in July 2013 in 3 hours 50 minutes.
Renom did a great job comprehensively describing his crossing from the European continent to the African continent for the Spanish television audience on Quèquicom:
For more information on the Strait of Gibraltar, visit here (Asociación de Cruce a Nado del Estrecho de Gibraltar or ACNEG). For more information on the scientific programs produced by Renom, visit here.
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