Anne Cleveland 

PHOTO ALBUM

On March 5th, 2005, I attended the Channel Swimming and Piloting Federation Annual Awards Dinner held in Dover, England. I received the Gertrude Ederle Award for the Most Meritorious CS&PF Swim by a Woman in 2004, sponsored by the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. The award is being presented to me by "Queen of the Channel" Alison Streeter and Hall of Fame member Frank Richards.

The following morning some of the braver swimmers met at Dover Harbor for a dip. The Mayor of Dover even came to watch us and make it official!

 

The water temperature that morning in Dover Harbor was 38F! A personal best for the coldest water swum in to date! We swam out about 50 yards and then back to shore. It was definitely "refreshing"!!!

Here I am with the White Cliffs of Dover in the background. As we were all getting dressed to go to Chaplin's for tea it began to snow on us!

This is a photo of me with my friend, Marcy MacDonald.

Marcy and I are the only two American women who have swum the English Channel two ways to date.

We're next to the Swimmer Monument near Dover Harbor.

Marcy and I are standing by the Matthew Webb Monument, also near Dover Harbor.

Matthew Webb was the first person to successfully swim the English Channel
in 1875

Here are some of my favorite photos from my one-way English Channel swim on July 28, 2002.

Many of these ferries passed me during my swim on their way back and forth between Dover and Calais.

I'm swimming along close to my escort boat.