Channel Swimmers

Jacqui Hampson

In 1982 - Youngest person to have crossed The Channel
13 years 42 days

	Swimmer	Jacqui Hampson
	Age	13 years 42 days
	Home	Weymouth
	Country	England
	Date of Swim	1982
	Start Time
	Swim Time	15 hours 32 minutes
	Starting Point	England
	Finish	France
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	Monitoring Body	Channel Swimming Association
	Official Observer
	Pilot (Boat)
	Club	Weymouth Swimming Club
	Trainer	Tom Watch
	Crew

Jacqui became the youngest girl to cross the Channel in 1982 and was awarded The Graeme Thompson Memorial Trophy for the Youngest Successful Swimmer.

In 1982, Jacqui became one of five swimmers from Weymouth who had successfully swam across The Channel. Shown in the photograph with the other four who were equally famous in their own right. Left-to-Right: Mervin Sharp (Then King of the Channel with 7 crossings); Philip Gollop who was the youngest to cross the Channel with his 13:45 crossing in 1965; Jacqui Hampson; Greg Schofield; Godfrey Chapman whose 13:02 made him the first Englishman to complete the Daily Mail race of 1951. Interestingly, apart from being from Weymouth, all five swimmers had attended the same school.

Material provided by Greg Schofield and CSA Secretary Audrey Scott's report in the 1982 Annual Report of the BLDSA.

Created: 20^th March 2005
Last Updated: 19^th April 2020