Swimming The Strait of Bonifacio
The Strait of Bonifacio (Corsican: Bucchi di Bunifaziu, French: Bouches de Bonifacio, Gallurese: Bocchi di Bunifaciu, Italian: Bocche di Bonifacio) is the strait between Corsica in France and Sardinia in Italy, named after the Corsican town Bonifacio. The strait divides the Tyrrhenian Sea from the western Mediterranean Sea and is notorious among sailors for its weather, currents, shoals, and other obstacles.
The World Open Water Swimming Association called the cross-border crossing is one of the World’s Top 100 Island Swims.
The crossing has been completed by many swimmers, both those with and those without wetsuits, including Daniel Douglas Di Pierro, Carina Bruwer, Henry Holscher, David Holscher, Ryan Stramrood, Sebastian Rafal, Mustafin Rinat, Fabrizio Gelpi, Natalia Vorobieva Sergey Sirotenko, Elena Shelegova, Ekaterina Myskina, Irina Moskovkina, Olga Nikolaeva, Ekaterina Nesterova, Alexey Kravchenko, Olga Chulkina, Maz Zhurilo, Mustafin Rinat, Oleg Polyakov, Dmitriy Kuroprkin, Egypt Kazakov, Luciano Santambrogio, Anna Rosa Barni, Paolo Maspero, Maurizio Gandini, Rana Giuseppe, Eugenio Beretta, Naldini Gaia, Robin Lang, Robert Drysdale, Ian Down, Don Perrott, Brad Alberto, El Abar Abdelilah, April Warrick, Montesanti Giuseppe, Andrea Turkovic, Saumitr Dikhit, Rfley Lim, Mitaly Khanzode, Hana Lip, Anaya Khanzode, Alexandre Kirilos, Angela Andelson, Elisabeth Foster, Matthew Van de Schootbrugge, Steve Fillipow, Hanry Holscher, Mark Pollard, David Kimber, Michael Helps, Bob Groff, Antonio Gonzalez Borrajo, David Rius Marti, Jean Pascal Tranie, Luis Trincano, Benoist Grossmann, Lucas Carbonaro, Jowan Quptya, Brice Tranié, Maïa Baudelaire, Shai Katz, Aya Granit, Shlomo Amitai, Ohad Yashar, Dan Zilberstein, Adi Halperin, Robert McGlashan, Matt Johnson, Dmitrii Polovtcev, Margalida Genovart Cabrer, David Bravo, Leonardo Pallini, Jennifer Anne Watson, Andrea Harrower, Paolo Meglio, Oliver Koehncke, Nicolas Tiffou, Nathaniel Waring, Mark Turner, Daniel Douglas Di Pierro, Alessandra Rossi Cima, Javier Segura, Joan Martinez, Xavi Lerin, Gemma Sabaté, Nadia Ben Bahtane, Gonzalo Nadal Alvarez, David Rius Marti, Juan Larrazabal Ibañez, Paolo Guglieri, Danilo Coraglia, Roberto Chiozza, Stefano Rossi, Nadalini Cesare, Berton Luana, Matteo Dalpian, Nicola Gardenia, Xevi Usas Torrents, Juan Emilio Fernandez Garcia, Sergio Fiori, Romano Mombelli, Tommi Pätilä, Terry Laughlin, Lenard Larsson, Paul Metson, Peter Rae, Michele Drocco, Andrea Ruzzi, Rich David Norman, Darniele Sparpaglioni, Marco Tagliavini, Andrea Giorgi, Cesare Longo, Giulia Coppi, Marco Allegretti, Giuseppe D’Alessandro, Simon Murie, Thomas Edward Hudson, Mac Faby, Nick Hadam, Sacroa Hingli, Andrea Sechi, Silvia Boidi, and Roberto Capra.
Tommaso Muntoni [shown above]who is based Santa Teresa Gallura and represents Bocche Bonifacio Swimming helps swimmers cross this body of water. Other escort boat captain include, Mario Elders, Chiari Gianluca, Giancarlo Brigaglia, and Marco Sanguedolce.
For more information, interested swimmers and coaches can contact Tommaso via email at info@divingmediterraneo.it or bocchebonifacioswimming@gmail.com. For additional information, visit www.bocchebonifacioswimming.it.
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