Andreas Waschburger
Andreas Waschburger is a marathon swimmer from Saarbrücken in Saarland. He has been among the world elite of open water swimming for the 5, 10 and 25 km distances for many years. With eighth place at the Olympic Games, countless European Championship medals, World Cup wins and a second place in the 2016 overall World Cup, over the years ‘Waschi’ has swum his way into many Saarland locals’ hearts.
Waschi has recently begun a new chapter of his career by tackling the fresh challenges of extreme swimming. Since early 2023, he has set various new ice swimming world records and gained titles at the world and European championships.
On 8 September 2023, Andreas Waschburger crossed the English Channel from Dover to Calais in a new world-record time of 6 hours, 45 minutes and 25 seconds, fulfilling a long-held dream. However, this adventure is nowhere near over: the ‘Ocean’s Seven’ offers at least six more appealing challenges. We are excited to see his next adventure.
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Shortfacts
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- Year of birth1987
- NicknameWaschi
- Height1.90 m
- Weight82 kg
- ProfessionPolice commissioner
- MottoNever give up!
Sporting successes
ICE COLD THROUGH
ANDREAS WASCHBURGER SWIMS A NEW WORLD RECORD IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
In exactly 6 hours 45 minutes and 25 seconds, marathon swimmer Andreas “Waschi” Waschburger from Saarbrücken swam the icy English Channel, breaking the previous world record held by Australian Trent Grimsey.
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Andreas swam in his first competition at the age of six. He switched from the pool to open water in 2009.
Andreas Waschburger is happily married.
In the final years of his career, Andreas Waschburger is seeking to gain further successes at the highest levels of swimming. He is currently planning to tackle the new challenges thrown up by the Ocean’s Seven marathon swimming series.
‘Waschi’ currently holds three world records for ice swimming. He has also won various world and European championship titles since 2023. His greatest triumph so far was crossing the English Channel from Dover to Calais on 8 September 2023 in a new world-record time of 6 hours, 45 minutes and 25 seconds. He came eighth in the 10-kilometre distance at the Olympic Games in London at the age of 25. A year later he won a bronze medal for the same distance at the Universiade in Kazan, Russia.
Yes, although Andreas Waschburger is partially released to enable him to complete training and competitions, you could still come across him in uniform on deployment with the Saarland police.
The Ocean’s Seven is an epic marathon swimming challenge, the swimming equivalent of the Seven Summits mountaineering challenge. It consists of seven of the hardest channel swims in the world. The Ocean’s Seven are the English Channel, the North Channel, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Catalina Channel, the Moloka’i Channel, the Tsugaru Strait and the Cook Strait.