Zhang Jian Culminates His Career In China
On August 9th, Zhang Jian from China, a professor at the Beijing Sports University, set another marathon swimming record by swimming an unprecedented 50K across the Xing Kai Lake in Heilongjiang Province. He took 36:30 to swim across the lake in a wetsuit. An English-language news report is here.
Zhang’s career has been remarkable and includes the first time for a Chinese to cross the English Channel (11:56). He also was the first person to swim across the Lingding Sea in southern China, 31K across Fuxianhu Lake (12:01) which is 1,800 meters above sea level and 109K across Bohai Bay in in Guangdong Province, China (50:22).
Photo shows Zhang Jian in 2000 after swimming across Bohai Bay.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Daily News of Open Water Swimming and founder of WOWSA. 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).
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