- Who
- Cindy Cleveland
- What
- 22:89 year(s):day(s)
- Where
- United States ()
- When
The youngest female to complete a two-way crossing of the Catalina Channel in California, USA, is Cindy Cleveland (USA, b. 9 July 1955), who was aged 22 years 89 days on completing the swim which took place on 5-6 October 1977. The double crossing from the mainland to Catalina Island and back again took 24 hours 30 minutes 32 seconds. The record was verified by the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation.
The Catalina Channel is a 20.2-mile-wide (32.3-km) stretch of water between Catalina Island and the mainland in southern California, USA. It is one of the Oceans Seven, the open-water swimming community's equivalent of mountaineering's Seven Summits, overseen by the World Open Water Swimming Association (WOWSA). The other six waterways that make up the challenge are: the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland, UK; the Cook Strait between the North and South Islands of New Zealand; the Molokai Channel between Oahu and Molokai Islands in Hawaii, USA; the English Channel between England and France; the Tsugaru Channel between the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido in Japan; and the Strait of Gibraltar between Spain (Europe) and Morocco (Africa).
The youngest male – and person overall – to complete a two-way crossing of the Catalina Channel is John York (USA, b. 7 October 1960), who was aged 17 years 349 days when he completed the swim on 21 September 1978.
At the other end of the spectrum, the oldest person to complete a Catalina two-way crossing is Antonio Argüelles Díaz-González (Mexico, b. 15 April 1959), who was aged 60 years 134 days at the end of his swim on 26-27 August 2019.
