Indian Channel Swimmers

About this episode

Vicki explores the motivations and experiences of Indian swimmers who attempt to swim the English Channel.

Vicki explores why so many Indian swimmers come to swim the English Channel. She starts by chatting to Anshuman Jhingran who she met on the beach in Dover in 2025 when he was waiting for his Channel crossing and who now has 6 of the 7 Oceans Severn Swims. Next up we hear from Bula Chowdhury who swam the English Channel twice in 1989 and 1999 making her the 21st Indian swimmer to achieve this feat. Sal Minty-Gravett talks about her work helping Indian swimmers to acclimatise for their cold water swims. Lastly we talk about swimming many Channels with Prabhat Koli and his father and coach Koli Koli. Prabhat was the youngest swimmer to achieve the Oceans Seven challenge in 2023. We also delve into the history and future of Openwater swimming in India. Find out more: ⁠ @swimoutpodcast ⁠or ⁠ ⁠ swimout.net ⁠ Link to Podcast is in the Bio @Anshuman Jhingran @Bula Chowdhury @Sal Minty-Gravett @Prabhat Koli #swimming #openwaterswimming #doverchannelswimming #iceswimming #Indianswimmers #indianlongdistanceswimmers

People in this episode

Host: Vicki

Guests: Anshuman Jhingran, Bula Chowdhury, Sal Minty-Gravett, Prabhat Koli

Topics covered

• Indian swimmers
• English Channel
• Open water swimming
• Oceans Seven
• Cold water acclimatization
• Swimming history in India

Keywords

• Indian swimmers
• English Channel
• Oceans Seven
• cold water swimming
• open water swimming
• swimming history
• long distance swimming

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Dover

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