Ross Edgley is a British athlete, ultra-marathon sea swimmer and author. He holds multiple world records, but is perhaps most recognised for completing the World's Longest Staged Sea Swim in 2018, when he became the first person in history to swim 1,780 miles around Great Britain, in 157 days In 2024, he also became the first person in history to simultaneously hold official Guinness World Records for long-distance swimming in the sea and river when he broke the record for the longest non-stop, continuous river swim down the Yukon River. Globally recognised for undertaking athletic adventures in the most hostile conditions for conservation charities, Edgley has completed swims with white sharks in Australia, tiger sharks in the Bahamas and bears in the Yukon River. Read more
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