Dorset 'human fish' to feature in 2024 Guinness World Records book
Endurance swimmer Oly Rush has been recognised
A Dorset endurance swimmer's been featured within the 2024 Guinness Book of World Records for his long-distance efforts.
39 year old Oly Rush has been included for his 60 mile circumnavigation of Grand Cayman island in the Caribbean.
He completed the swim in 37 hours non-stop, to earn his 'human fish' nickname.
Oly was the first person ever to achieve the feat and he did it to raise awareness of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans.
The plasterer from Upton near Poole has notched up some notable achievements in recent years, including the fastest swim around the Isle of Wight and becoming the first person to swim around the Greek Island of Ithaca.
He said: “It’s lovely to be recognised by the Guinness book of records but what’s more important is to do my bit to clean up the oceans.
“The Grand Cayman swim was incredibly difficult but I had a fantastic team who planned it in detail and were with me all of the way.
“I have recently set up a new charity called Project Planet Earth and I’ll be putting a lot of effort into that, raising awareness about plastic pollution.
“Next year I aim to do another swim which I’m still finalising, but which will test me more than any of the others.”