{"id":263764,"date":"2017-06-30T04:13:29","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T11:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=263764"},"modified":"2017-06-30T04:13:29","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T11:13:29","slug":"anne-cleveland-once-the-oldest-to-double-cross-the-english-channel-dies-at-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anne-cleveland-once-the-oldest-to-double-cross-the-english-channel-dies-at-61\/","title":{"rendered":"Anne Cleveland, Once the Oldest to Double Cross the English Channel, Dies at 61"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, <strong>Anne Cleveland<\/strong>, International Swimming Hall of Fame member, has died at the age of 61 after a battle with pancreatic cancer on June 29.<\/p>\n<p>A native of La Jolla, Cal., Cleveland spent most of her life in and around the water. As a young teenager, s<span class=\"s1\">he trained with the <\/span><span class=\"s2\">local YMCA swim team and later the<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> La Jolla High School <\/span><span class=\"s2\">boys\u2019<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> swim team, <\/span><span class=\"s2\">where she earned an \u2018A\u2019 in boys\u2019 PE<\/span><span class=\"s1\">. But Cleveland was always drawn to the Pacific Ocean.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt was quiet, peaceful and pretty out there,\u201d Cleveland once said.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_204948\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204948\" data-attachment-id=\"204948\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anne-cleveland-uses-marathon-swimming-fundraise-coach-promote-health\/11057971_10207081734097743_3275658527435837697_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/11057971_10207081734097743_3275658527435837697_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"11057971_10207081734097743_3275658527435837697_n\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;11057971_10207081734097743_3275658527435837697_n&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Anne Cleveland&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/11057971_10207081734097743_3275658527435837697_n-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/11057971_10207081734097743_3275658527435837697_n.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-204948\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/11057971_10207081734097743_3275658527435837697_n-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"11057971_10207081734097743_3275658527435837697_n\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-204948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Anne Cleveland<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 1996 at the age of 40, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anne-cleveland-uses-marathon-swimming-fundraise-coach-promote-health\/\" target=\"_blank\">she discovered the English Channel Crossing swims<\/a>. Six years later, she completed her first crossing, but wondered what it would be like to swim back.<\/p>\n<p>In 2004, she attempted and completed the challenge despite 21-knot winds, choppy conditions and a strong current off of France. She finished in 28 hours and 6 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Her feat made her the\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">eighth woman, fifth American and 17th person in history to have completed the double crossing. At the time, her 48 years of age made her the oldest to complete the swim.\u00a0She<\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0was fundraising for the Moore\u2019s Cancer Center at the time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWhen I wanted to quit during the grueling swim, I told myself that individuals fighting cancer do not have the option to quit. So I kept going,\u201d Cleveland said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Thirteen years later, Cleveland unfortunately lost her own battle with cancer, but her legacy and what she has accomplished in the sport of marathon swimming will live on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Aside from being inducted into the ISHOF in 2011,\u00a0Cleveland was awarded the San Diego Hall of Champions Star of the Month Award and was honored by the Foundation for Women.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>She was also awarded the Gertrude Ederle Award for the Most Meritorious Swim by a Woman in 2004.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Outside the pool, Cleveland is known to mentor many open water swimmers and people outside the sport as well. She has given many goal-oriented motivational speeches to different groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She passed with family and friends beside her, fighting until the end, much like her English Channel double crossing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cShe is the most determined, motivated, self-driven, strong person that I\u2019ve known in a long time,\u201d friend <strong>Kathryn Murphy<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cShe was so determined to fight this pancreatic cancer. She gave every ounce of her body up to the last breath. But she was ready to go. Last week, she said, \u2018I want to go home.\u2019 Being at her bedside was nothing but a pleasure, knowing she fought as hard as she could. She accomplished what she wanted, then was ready to call it a day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/sports\/sd-sp-obit-swimmer-cleveland-0629-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">The San Diego Union-Tribune<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Melissa Berkay contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, Anne Cleveland, International Swimming Hall of Fame member, has died at the age of 61 after a battle with pancreatic cancer on June 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":204944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[62061],"tags":[62300,62185,17800,28513],"class_list":["post-263764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-anne-cleveland","tag-english-channel-crossing","tag-ishof","tag-marathon-swimming"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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