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It is Captain Webb.
Captain Matthew Webb was the first recorded person to swim the English Channel without using artificial aids. On 25th August 1875 he swam from Dover to Calais in under 22 hours.
Matthew Webb was the first recorded person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aids.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Channel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Webb
Captain Matthew Webb was the first. He was killed trying to swim agross the Niagra River in Canada/US He swam the channel in 1875.
Matthew Webb

August 24, 1875

took him 21 hours and 45 minutes
Captain Webb made the first observed and unnassisted swim of the channel on the 24th August 1875 in 21 hours and 45 minutes

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