Swimming the English Channel requires months of preparation. Most participants sign up at least two years in advance. Swimmers have an entire crew providing navigation and food, since the swim can ...

Amy Wamsley of Yellow Springs with her medal recognizing her solo swim across the English Channel in June. Photo courtesy of Amy Wamsley. Local News. By London Bishop. June 17, 2025. X.

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (WDTN) — A Yellow Springs woman is getting ready to do something that fewer than 2,000 people have ever done successfully. Amy Wamsley is preparing to swim across the ...

Wamsley’s goal is to swim the English Channel for her 50th birthday, a goal she decided on when she was 12-years-old, according to her website aswimadventure.org.The site says she is swimming to ...

After months of training, a local woman finished her swim across the English Channel. “After months of training, Amy just completed her swim across the English Channel, accomplishing the feat in ...

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (WDTN) — A Yellow Springs woman is getting ready to do something that fewer than 2,000 people have ever done successfully. Amy Wamsley is preparing to swim across the En… ...

Amy Wamsley, of Yellow Springs, Ohio, is preparing to swim across the English Channel, and she’s doing it right before her 50th birthday. Skip to content. Fox 8 Cleveland WJW.

She’s already swum from San Francisco to Alcatraz, and has eyed the English Channel since she was 12. Amy Wamsley, 49, of Yellow Springs, during a 6-hour swim underneath the Golden Gate Bridge ...

“After months of training, Amy just completed her swim across the English Channel, accomplishing the feat in 16 hours, 56 minutes, and 40 seconds!” the village wrote.