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It takes place annually close to [[Freedom Day (South Africa)|Freedom Day]] (27 April, the date of SA’s first democratic elections in 1994 when Nelson Mandela was elected President of South Africa, marking the end of the Apartheid era and the freedom of the people).<ref name="About the Freedom Swim">[http://www.freedomswim.co.za/about/what-is-the-cadiz-freedom-swim#content About the Freedom Swim]</ref>
The Cadiz Freedom Swim is
== History ==
The first officially recorded Robben Island swim happened in 1909 when Henry Charteris Hooper swam from the island to the old Cape Town harbour
Ram Barkai, who holds the record for undertaking the world’s most southerly swim in Antarctica in 2008<ref name="Most Southernly Swim">[http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/Search/Details/Most-southerly-swim/68436.htm The most southerly swim was at latitude -70º and was achieved by Ram Barkai (South Africa)]</ref>, began sponsoring an annual Robben Island to Bloubergstrand event in 2007 which is now known as the Cadiz Freedom Swim for the benefit of Vista Nova School.<ref name="Vista Nova School">[http://www.freedomswim.co.za/about/vista-nova-school Charity for the benefit of Vista Nova], additional text.</ref>
The record for the fastest swim was set in 2005, in a time just over 1 hour 33 minutes, while the record for the most crossings is an incredible 55 times by Theodore Yach. The swim is attempted by people of all ages – the youngest person to complete it being 12 years and the oldest 65 years.
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