Indian Channel Swimmers

<p>Vicki explores why so many Indian swimmers come to swim the English Channel. She starts by chatting to <strong>Anshuman Jhingran</strong> 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 <strong>Oceans Severn </strong>Swims. Next up we hear from <strong>Bula Chowdhury</strong> who swam the English Channel twice in 1989 and 1999 making her the 21st Indian swimmer to achieve this feat. <strong>Sal Minty-Gravett </strong>talks about her work helping Indian swimmers to acclimatise for their cold water swims. Lastly we talk about swimming many Channels with <strong>Prabhat Koli</strong> and his father and coach <strong>Koli Koli. </strong>Prabhat<strong> </strong>was the youngest swimmer to achieve the <strong>Oceans Seven </strong>challenge in 2023. We also delve into the history and future of Openwater swimming in India. </p><p>Find out more:<strong> </strong>⁠<strong>@swimoutpodcast </strong>⁠or<strong> </strong>⁠<a href="https://swimout.net/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠<strong>swimout.net</strong>⁠</a></p><p>Link to Podcast is in the Bio </p><p>@Anshuman Jhingran</p><p>@Bula Chowdhury</p><p>@Sal Minty-Gravett</p><p>@Prabhat Koli</p><p><br></p><p>#swimming</p><p>#openwaterswimming</p><p>#doverchannelswimming</p><p>#iceswimming</p><p>#Indianswimmers</p><p>#indianlongdistanceswimmers</p><p><br></p>