On August 22, 1988 Mosharraf Hossain Khan, the legendary Bangladeshi swimmer, crossed the English Channel and today marks the 25th anniversary of that remarkable feat.
Mosharraf won five gold medals in the 1985 Saf Games swimming and set nearly 50 national records during his golden career that began in 1969 and spanned almost two decades. He won a number of medals in various international events also. He retired in 1988 after swimming across the English Channel, becoming the third Bangladeshi to do so, after Brojen Das and Abdul Malek, and took 10 hours and 16 minutes to complete the rare feat.
Mosharraf, now an expatriate in USA, served as the general secretary of the Bangladesh Swimming Federation after his retirement and also held posts in the Asian Swimming Federation.
