Nejib Belhedi
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Tunisian |
Born |
Sfax, Tunisia | July 25, 1952
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Nejib Belhedi (Arabic: نجيب بالهادي; born July 25, 1952 in Sfax) is a Tunisian long-distance open-water swimmer.
Achievements
- English Channel (England to France) on September 15–16, 1993 in 16 hours 35 minutes, a swim on the highest tide under Force 4 conditions.
- Cap Bon - La Marsa, 45K on May 30, 1992 in 11 hours 14 minutes.
- 24 hours non-stop in a swimming pool in Tataouine on July 6–7, 1993. Total distance swam 51.577 kilometers.
- Strait of Sicily, from Pantelleria to Kelibia, 72K on June 17, 1995. Swim was stopped after 17 hours due to numerous jellyfish stings.
- La Galite Channel in Tunisia on July 31, 1999 from La Galite Island to Cap Serrat, 40K in 7 hours 15 minutes.
- Title of the World Performance of the year 2011 for his marathon 1400 K Swim Across Tunisia, honored on RMS Queen Mary, California, Los Angeles on 22 Sept 2012.
- Belhedi swam, during 2013, 04 dam lakes of Tunisia: Jedelienne, Oued Mellègue, Sidi Salem Dam and Sidi el Barrak Dam.
- On August 17, 2013, Belhedi swam between the Diomede Islands in a time of 39 minutes, covering 4 Km in 2 °C and making the circuit from Russia to USA in a way different from that swum by Lynne Cox.[1]
- On May 22, 2017, Nejib Belhedi claimed to have broken the world record by pulling a 1,200-ton boat over a distance of 300m at Sfax.[2]
References
- ↑ "Nejib Belhedi profile in openwaterpedia.com". openwaterpedia.com. Retrieved Feb 14, 2014.
- ↑ Nage en eau libre: Nejib Belhedi bat un nouveau record, HuffPost Maghreb, May 22, 2017.
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