National team Australia Sport Swimming | Strokes Freestyle, open water Name Trent Grimsey | |
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Born May 4, 1988 (age 35) ( 1988-05-04 ) | ||
Trent grimsey s english channel world record sept 8th 2012
Trent Grimsey (born 4 May 1988) is an Australian retired long distance swimmer who set a new record time for crossing the English Channel in 2012. He won the silver medal in the 25 kilometre open water at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome. He also finished 8th in the 10 km event. Two years later he finished fifth in the 25 km at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai.
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- Trent grimsey s english channel world record sept 8th 2012
- Codie grimsey and trent grimsey dream to represent australia in london 2012 olympics
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On 8 September 2012, Grimsey became the world record holder for the fastest crossing of the English Channel with a time of 6 hours and 55 minutes, breaking the previous record held by Bulgarian Petar Stoychev by 2 minutes.
Grimsey participated in several freestyle events in the pool at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. In 2008 he missed Olympic qualification in the 1500 metre by finishing third at the Australian trials in Sydney.
Codie grimsey and trent grimsey dream to represent australia in london 2012 olympics
