Hector Pardoe
@hector_pardoe
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GB Marathon Open Water Swimmer 🇬🇧🏴| Tokyo 2020 & Paris 2024 Olympian | World Record Lake Windermere | Vegetarian athlete.
United Kingdom
Joined April 2017
WE DID IT! ⏱. NEW WORLD 🌍 RECORD for the fastest time to cross Lake Windermere. 10.5 miles, 3hours40mins28secs. Thanks everyone for the support! @AquaSphereUK @chillswim for hosting the event and to @BLDSAswim for regulating my swim. Next bucket list swim… English Channel.
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A WORLD FIRST! 🌍. Loch Lomond. (7:46:15 hours) Fastest End to End Time Recorded. 🏴.Lake Windermere. (3:38:27 hours) Fastest End to End Waterhead to Fellfoot. 🏴.Llyn Bala. (49:46 minutes) Fastest End to End. Cumulative time: 12 hours 14 minutes and 28 seconds. 35 miles
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3 LAKES CHALLENGE – WORLD RECORD.ATTEMPT! . On the 2nd of August I will be attempting to swim the UK’s Three biggest lakes, one in each home nation, all inside 24 hours, including travelling between each lake. Loch Lomond (21 Miles) 🏴.Lake Windermere (10.5 Miles) 🏴.Lake Bala
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RT @vegsoc: Huge thanks to Hector Pardoe – Olympic open-water marathon swimmer for supporting National Vegetarian Week from the 1st-7th Oct….
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River Seine, Pont Alexandre III, Paris. The most iconic Open Water venue in the sports history. Proud to have been apart of it. A day I’ll remember my entire life. 09/08/2024.
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RT @GaryDewhurst: Olympian @hector_pardoe in the house tonight 🏴🏴🏴. Privileged to hear of his plans to SMASH a swim wor….
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This is awesome! @lakesfoundation . Taken at the Hector Pardoe Paris 2024 Watch party. Very appreciative that I’m able to be an ambassador for you! Thanks for your support!
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6th. The Paris 2024 Olympics have concluded, marking the end of my second Olympic Games. While I initially felt conflicted about the outcome, upon reflection, there's much to be proud of. Although I didn’t achieve the medal I believed was within reach, the performance I
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Closing Ceremony Paris 2024. 🇫🇷🏟️. Marathon Swimming Team GB. 🇬🇧. Thanks to everyone for the messages of support! Slowly getting back to everyone, there’s been a lot so it might take me some time. 🤩. #Olympics #Paris2024
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RT @WiffenDaniel: They say every child has a dream, to pursue the dream is in every child hand’s to make it a reality. I had the dream of b….
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RT @AFCWimbledon: We’d like to congratulate Dons fan @hector_pardoe who represented @TeamGB at #Paris2024 in the men’s 10k marathon swim 🏊….
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RT @Aquatics_GB: Fighting for every place, @hector_pardoe slap the timing board in a photo finish for 6⃣th in the Men's 10km at #Paris2024….
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Quick dip in this in-Seine course, can’t get a better backdrop than this. Water quality tasted ok also. 1.2meters a second for the current though. T-2 days until race day. #Paris2024 #olympics #teamgb
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RT @EuroAquatics: Hector Pardoe looking for redemption at #Paris2024 🇬🇧 @NickHopeTV spoke to the @TeamGB athlete ahead of the #MarathonSwim….
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Olympic Village, Let’s Go! 🏢. 7 days in Reims holding camp done. ✔️. Olympic Village next… 🔜🇫🇷. Race day T-6 days. #Paris2024 #Olympics
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RT @Aquatics_GB: Marathon Swimming #Paris2024 dates for your diary 📆💦. Leah Crisp, Hector Pardoe and Toby Robinson dive into to the Seine o….
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RT @lakesfoundation: Are you ready to join Team Hector?. This summer, we're going for gold with our Ambassador @hector_pardoe 🥇. You could….
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