CHANNEL SWIMMER LIFTED FOUR TIMES

 

SURFERS PARADISE, Australia — Alison Streeter, who has swum across the English Channel 40 times — more than anyone else in history — was lifted four times by Sri Chinmoy Feb. 8.

She was the first woman to do a double crossing and the only woman to do a triple crossing.

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Alison Streeter, perhaps the world’s greatest long-distance woman swimmer receives an award from Sri Chinmoy after being lifted.


Published in Anahata Nadia, Volume 34, November 2002 – March 2003