top of page

Lac St. Jean

Completion of the 25 km (+) Lac St. Jean marathon swim (regardless of time taken - which might have exceeded any cut-off time)- not listing different distance or multiple times.  Note:  Name, Category, Country and Induction Year

Abdellatief Abou Heif, Honor Swimmer, Egypt, 1964

David Alleva, PhD, Honor Swimmer, United States of America, 1992

Jacques Amyot, Honor Swimmer, Canada, 1995

Greta Andersen, Honor Swimmer, Denmark, 1964

Paul Asmuth, Honor Swimmer, United States of America, 1982

David Barra, Honor Swimmer, United States of America, 2017

Damián Blaum, Honor Swimmer, Argentina, 2020

Sandra Bucha, Honor Swimmer, United States of America, 2014

Karen Burton Reeder, Honor Swimmer, United States of America, 1999

Alfredo Camarero, Honor Swimmer, Argentina, 1978

Richard "Dick" Campion, Honor Coach, Australia, 2011

Gabriel Chaillou, Honor Swimmer, Argentina, 2021

Christine Cossette, Honor Swimmer, Canada, 1982

Robert Cossette, Honor Swimmer, Canada, 2004

Ana Marcela Cunha, Honor Swimmer, Brazil, 2019

Silvia Beatríz Dalotto, Honor Swimmer, Argentina, 2005

Penny Lee Dean, EdD, Honor Swimmer, United States of America, 1980

Diego Degano, Honor Swimmer, Argentina, 1995

Edith van Dijk, Honor Swimmer, Netherlands, 2007

Captain Nabil Elshazly, Honor Swimmer, Egypt, 2020

Nasser Elshazly, Honor Swimmer, Egypt, 1979

Jon Erikson, Honor Swimmer, United States of America, 1981

Pilar Geijo, Honor Swimmer, Argentina, 2018

Stéphane Gomez, Honor Swimmer, France 2021

Trent Grimsey, Honor Swimmer, Australia, 2018

Chad Hundeby, Honor Swimmer, United States of America, 1996

Carole Hunt, Honor Swimmer, Great Britain, 1994

Sarah Hunt, Honor Swimmer, Great Britain, 1994

Horacio Iglesias, Honor Swimmer, Argentina, 1967

Helge Jensen, Honor Swimmer, Denmark, 1970

Britta Kamrau, Honor Swimmer, Germany, 2008

James Kegley, Honor Swimmer, United States of America, 1991

John Kinsella, Honor Swimmer, United States of America, 1978

Rita Kovács, Honor Swimmer, Hungary, 2023

Yuri Kudinov, Honor Swimmer, Russia, 2009

Irene van der Laan, Honor Swimmer, Netherlands, 1985

Regent LaCoursiere, Honor Swimmer, Canada, 1978

Kathrin Lammers, Honor Swimmer, Germany, 2018

Annemie Landmeters, Honor Swimmer, Belgium, 1991

Stéphane Lecat, Honor Swimmer, France, 2007

Cliff Lumsdon, CM, Honor Swimmer, Canada, 1969

Dr. Mohamed Marouf, Honor Swimmer, Egypt, 2018

Dennis Matuch, Honor Swimmer, United States of America, 1977

Angela Maurer, Honor Swimmer, Germany, 2009

Linda McGill, MBE, OAM, Honor Swimmer, Australia, 1968

Attila Molnár, Honor Swimmer, Hungary, 1998

Steven Muñatones, Honor Swimmer, United States of America, 2002

Marc Newman, Honor Swimmer, Great Britain, 1988

Cynthia Nicholas, CM, Honor Swimmer, Canada, 1978

Judith de Nijs, Honor Swimmer, Netherlands, 1964

Esther Nuñez Morera, Honor Swimmer, Spain, 2020

Diana Nyad, Honor Swimmer, United States of America, 1978

David O'Brien, OAM, Honor Swimmer, Australia, 2017

Gustavo Oriozabala, Honor Swimmer, Argentina, 2001

Tom Park, Honor Swimmer, Canada, 1968

Claudio Plit, Honor Swimmer, Argentina, 1981

Dr. Evgenij Pop Acev, Honor Swimmer, Macedonia, 2024

Shadia El Rageb, Honor Swimmer, Egypt, 1971

Des Renford, MBE, OAM, Honor Swimmer, Australia, 1978

Veljko Rogošić, Honor Swimmer, Yugoslavia, 1998

Simone Ruffini, Honor Swimmer, Italy, 2024

Philip Rush, Honor Swimmer, New Zealand, 1985

Johannes “Johan” Schans, Honor Swimmer, Netherlands, 1970

Jan van Scheijndel, Honor Swimmer, Netherlands, 1985

Igor de Souza, Honor Swimmer, Brazil, 2004

Tomi Stefanovski, Honor Swimmer, Macedonia, 2016

Petar Stoychev, Honor Swimmer, Bulgaria, 2008

Shelley Taylor-Smith, Honor Swimmer, Australia, 1990

Monique Wildschut, Honor Swimmer, Netherlands, 1993

Herman Willemse, Honor Swimmer, Netherlands, 1963

​

Honorees who helped greatly with the creation of the organization, administration, reporting, coaching or piloting of these swims are listed below.  The list of all helpers is extensive but Honorees who completed the swims and non-Honorees are not listed. 

Gilles Potvin

bottom of page