Word: abertondo
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Dates: during 1965-1965
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...Erikson, 37: a successful, round-trip swim of the English Channel, from Dover to Calais and back in 30 hrs. 3 min., slashing more than 13 hrs. from the old record set by Argentina's Antonio Abertondo in 1961. A Chicago research chemist, Erikson battled cold, exhaustion, schools of jellyfish and hallucinations ("when the pilot boat turned into a rosebush, I just closed my eyes...
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