Christof Wandratsch (born 20 December 1966) is a long distance

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

from

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. In 1990 he won the Lake Zurich Swim. In August 2005 he set the world record for the fastest ever swim of the

English Channel The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France. It links to the southern part of the North Sea by the Strait of Dover at its northeastern end. It is the busi ...

in a time of 7 h 03 mins,Dover Life Channel Swimming - Successful Crossings
/ref> beating the previous record set by Chad Hundeby in 1994 of 7 h 17 mins. Christof came extremely close to beating the record in 2003, failing by just 3 mins, finishing in a time of 7 h 20 mins. His record was broken by 6 mins in 2007 by Petar Stoychev who set at time of 6 h 57 mins.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wandratsch, Christof 1966 births Living people German male long-distance swimmers English Channel swimmers 20th-century German sportsmen 21st-century German people