Jon Erikson (September 6, 1954 – July 28, 2014) was an American long distance swimmer who was the first of only three people to have ever completed a three way swim of the English Channel.
(1st leg – 10 h 10 mins, 2nd leg – 13 h 14 mins, 3rd leg – 15 h 03 mins) The only other individuals to have completed this feat are Philip Rush, Alison Streeter, Chloe McCardel and Sarah Thomas.
[3] His total number of successful English Channel swims stands at 11, spanning a period from 1969 to 1981.
Erikson died of an infection on July 28, 2014 in Boca Raton.
He was an inductee to the International Swimming Hall of Fame of that year.