Colima’s Pouleth Carbajal swims the English Channel

She joins 87 other Mexicans who have successfully swum the English Channel (usually called in Spanish El Canal de la Mancha) but she is the first from the state of Colima, earning her honors from the Manzanillo municipal government.

18 August 2026 Avram Iancu, a Romanian librarian turned endurance swimmer, famous for his feats, managed to swim across the English Channel on Monday, August 17, using the breaststroke style. After the crossing, he said he had faced an “absolutely exhausting” challenge, describing it as the toughest swimming experience