Croizon, who trained more than 30 hours a week for two years for this attempt, had been hoping to make the swim in roughly 24 hours. Instead, he made the 21-mile crossing from Folkstone, UK, to Wissant, France is just over half a day.

Back in 1994, Croizon made his living as a French metal worker when he climbed the roof of his house one day and made contact with a nearby power line. His life-threatening injuries required the amputation of all four of his four limbs, although that hasn’t affected Croizon from living his life.

In fact, you’ll likely soon find his name on the official list of Channel-swim record-holders.

Photo: AP Photo/Jeremy Croizon

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Authors: Erik Malinowski

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