(1935-10-07)7 October 1935 Wellington, New Zealand
Died
25 July 2010(2010-07-25) (aged 74) Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Sport
Sport
Swimming
John William Barrie Devenport (7 October 1935 – 25 July 2010, often mistakenly reported as "Barrie Davenport") was a New Zealand swimmer and lifesaver who was the first person in modern history to swim Cook Strait.[1]
Devenport was born in Wellington on 7 October 1935.[2] On 20 November 1962, at the age of 27, he swam from Cape Terawhiti in the North Island to Wellington Rock in the South Island in 11 hours, 13 minutes.[3] He was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.[4]
He died in 2010 on the Gold Coast, Australia, after an 18-month battle with cancer.[4]
^New Zealand Press Association (26 July 2010). "First man to swim Cook Strait dies". Stuff.co.nz. Fairfax New Zealand. Archived from the original on 28 July 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
^"Births". Evening Post. 8 October 1935. p. 1. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
^"Barrie Devenport". New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
^ abGeenty, Mark (27 July 2010). "Devenport's swim stopped a nation". Dominion Post. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
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