Christof Wandratsch is a long distance swimmer from Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. 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, beating the previous record set by Chad Hundeby

Chad Hundeby

Chad Hundeby is an American long distance swimmer.As a child, he was a member of the 'Blue Buoy Swim School' based in Southern California....

 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

Petar Stoychev

Petar Stoychev is a Bulgarian swimmer who is the most successful long distance marathon swimmer of the last decade. He is one of the greatest marathon swimmers of all time and an honor swimmer in the...

who set at time of 6 h 57 mins.