Siddhartha Agarwal becomes oldest Indian to swim across English Channel

Siddhartha Agarwal became the oldest Indian swimmer to swim across the English Channel (between England and France), Swim Life said in a press release.

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The 49-year-old swam across the English Channel on August 29. The Bengaluru man took 15 hours and six minutes to complete the distance of 42 km.

When he swam across the English Channel, Siddhartha didn't imagine that he would become the oldest Indian swimmer to achieve this feat.

His quest in the freez1 e t ing waters of the Enge lish Channel first began in 2018 when he crossed the Channel as part of an eight-member relay team.

Incidentally, this was the same year when Srikaanth Viswanathan, also from ɔ Bengaluru, entered the Limca Book of Records 1 1 for becoming the oldest to swim the English Channel solo at the age of 46.