Bill Hoehn

Bill Hoehn is an American open water swimmer from Rancho Santa Fe, California who at the age of 53 became the one of the oldest successful swimmers of the English Channel and a member of the Half Century Club for his crossing from England to France in 15 hours 53 minutes in 2004. He also completed the 28.5-mile Manhattan Island Marathon Swim on 3 July 2004 and is a lifetime member of the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation and has completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.

Catalina Channel Half Century Club

1. Jim Clifford (USA), 62 years 11 months, CM in 9:49 on 28 September 2014 2. Bob West (USA), 62, CM in 15:49 in 1998 3. Gary Greenwood (USA), 62, CM in 13:08 in 2004 4. Pat Gallant-Charette (USA), 60, CM in 14:11 in 2011 5. Mo Siegel (USA), 60, CM in 13:08 in 2011 6. Scott Lautman (USA), 60 CM in 12:09 in 2013 7. Bob Needham (USA), 58, CM in 13:10 in 2011 8. Tom Hecker (USA), 57, CM in 10:45 in 2009 9. Richard Knepper (USA), 56, MC in 11:56 in 2005 10. Barbara Held (USA), 56, CM in 9:36 in 2010 11. Mark Smitherman (USA), 56, CM in 11:52 in 2014 12. Carol Sing (USA), 55, CM in 10:38 in 1997 13. Bill Hoehn (USA), 55, CM in 12:57 in 2005 14. Kevin Murphy (Great Britain), 54, CM in 15:23 in 2003 15. Roger Finch (South Africa), 54, CM in 9:45:02 in 2012 16. Dave Van Mouwerik (USA), 54, CM in 12:09:07 in 2012 17. Ned Denison (Ireland), 54, CM 8:50:04 in 2012 18. Peter Tanham (Australia), 54, CM in 10:07 in 2014 19. Anthony McCarley (USA), 54, CM in 13:00.3 in 2014 20. Nick Almos-Lau (Mexico), 53, CM in 12:40 in 1999 21. James Fitzpatrick (USA), 53, CM in 14:59 in 2008 (to Newport Beach) 22. Jim McConica (USA), 53, CM in 10:19 in 2004 23. Douglas McConnell (USA), 53, CM in 12:41:13 in 2012 24. David Cooper (USA), 52, CM in 13:19 in 2005 25. Dan Richards (USA), 52, CM in 10:10 2008 26. Chris Burke (USA), 52, CM in 11:22 in 2014 27. Alan Bell (USA), 51, CM in 9:28 in 2001 28. Chris Palfrey (Australia), 51, CM in 10:30 in 2009 29. Lynn Kubasek (USA), 51, CM in 15:53 in 2009 30. Daniel Robinson (USA), 51, CM in 9:57 in 2008 31. Ron Collins (USA), 51, CM in 10:05 on 10 September 2013 32. Antonio Argüelles (Mexico), 50, CM in 10:25 in 2009 33. William Newbern (USA), 50, CM in 12:48 in 2005 34. Ray Meltvedt (USA), 50, CM in 15:25 in 2010 35. Suzie Dods (USA), 50, MC in 18:36 in 2010 36. Dale Petranech (USA), 50, CM in 13:28 in 1985 37. John Hill (USA), 50, CM in 19:15 in 1985 38. Frank Reynolds (USA), 50, CM in 10:34 in 1987 39. Jim Barber (USA), 50, CM in 8:43 in 2010 40. Sue Free (USA), 50, CM in 11:23 in 2012 41. Bridgette Hobart Janeczko (USA), 50, CM 11:27:16 in 2012 42. Hendrik Meerman (USA), CM, 50, 12:48:30 in 2012 43. Scott Tapley (USA), MC, 50, 17:43:12 in 2014