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Martin Strel

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Martin Strel (; born 1 October 1954), is a Slovenian long-distance swimmer, one of the most elite endurance athletes best known for swimming the entire length of various rivers. Strel holds successive Guinness World Records for swimming the Danube river, the Mississippi River, the Yangtze River, and the Amazon River. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Strel is the 1,576th most popular athlete (down from 1,037th in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from Slovenia (down from 102nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Slovene Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Martin Strel ranks 1,576 out of 6,025. Before him are Maureen Caird, Petar Šegvić, Ruth Svedberg, Bruno Visintin, Hans Grodotzki, and Willem Slijkhuis. After him are Kaarlo Tuominen, Jean-Jacques Guissart, Fred Tootell, Walter Middelberg, Ria Stalman, and Leo Losert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Martin Strel ranks 451. Before him are Bachendri Pal, Reiner Haseloff, Paul Bearer, Robert Pastorelli, Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou, and Sumi Shimamoto. After him are Jean Fernandez, Dmitry Kiselyov, Ines Pellegrini, Michael Shermer, Tim O'Reilly, and Ziad Fazah.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Martin Strel ranks 118 out of 340. Before him are Maksimilijan Mihelčič (1905), Josip Jurčič (1844), Josipina Turnograjska (1833), Fran Saleški Finžgar (1871), Rasho Nesterović (1976), and Zdenko Verdenik (1949). After him are Jure Franko (1962), Richard Verderber (1884), Ivan Tavčar (1851), Marjan Šarec (1977), Miran Tepeš (1961), and Janez Evangelist Krek (1865).

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Among ATHLETES In Slovenia

Among athletes born in Slovenia, Martin Strel ranks 3. Before him are Valerio Perentin (1909), and Giovanni Delise (1907). After him are Primož Kozmus (1979), Brigita Bukovec (1970), Teja Gregorin (1980), Iztok Čop (1972), Jolanda Čeplak (1976), Vasilij Žbogar (1975), David Robertson (null), Giovanni Cernogoraz (1982), and Klemen Bauer (1986).

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