Outdoor Swimmer Virtual Event Series

Meet Jari Cennet Tammi

Join us for a discussion with the man who gave up everything to swim for seven years

Starting in September 2024, Jari Cennet Tammi will attempt an unsupported stage swim from Istanbul, Turkey, to Cadiz, Spain. The total distance is more than 8,000 km along the entire northern Mediterranean Sea coast.

Jari estimates it will take him 7 years. 

We will be asking him what inspired him to take on this epic challenge and how is it humanly possible to swim such distances.

When? Thursday 8 August @ 6.30pm (UK time)

Where? Zoom

How much? £15

Between June and August 2023, at the age of 64, Jari completed a 52-day, 541.7 km unsupported stage swim from Stockholm, Sweden, to Helsinki, Finland, by towing a 105 kg kayak carrying his food and gear. This was his second attempt.

Jari's first attempt was halted after 180 km when he missed a planned landing spot. His swim broke the 456 km unsupported stage swim of Jonas Deichmann completed in 2020 on the first leg of his triathlon around the world. During this stage swim, he also completed a 33.3 km one-way crossing of the Ålands Sea, a record for longest unsupported swim across a sea.

In 2021, he completed a 328 km unsupported stage swim from Oaxen to Öregrund.