Christof Wandratsch
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's swimming | |||
Competitor for  Germany |
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| European Championships | |||
| Gold | 1991 Athens | 25km Open Water | |
| Gold | 1995 Vienna | 25km Open Water | |
| Silver | 1995 Vienna | 5km Open Water | |
| Silver | 1997 Seville | 25km Open Water | |
Christof Wandratsch is a long distance swimmer from Germany. In August 2005 he set the world record for the fastest ever swim of the English Channel in a time of 7 h 03 mins [1], 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.
