• Turkish trading company Yemeksepeti continues to expand its support in all areas of sports. As the food sponsor of our country’s successful representative on the international stage, national swimmer Bengisu Avcı Erdoğan, Yemeksepeti did not leave our athletes alone during both training and the open sea marathon on the California coast of the USA.

Our ultra-marathon swimmer, 26-year-old Bengisu Avcı Erdoğan, completed the challenging 34 km (20 nautical mile) marathon crossing, swimming from Katalina Island, USA, to Sacred Cove Beach on the California coast of San Pedro at 09:00 on September 6, 2022. reached the mainland.

Bengisu Avcı Erdoğan, who swam the Katalina Channel in 11 hours and 59 minutes, became the first Turkish swimmer to complete this distance in the Pacific Ocean. Bengisu Avcı Erdoğan, who holds the title of the Turkish swimmer who crossed the English Channel from England to France the fastest in 2018, achieved an important success by completing both legs of the Ocean Seven, which consists of seven challenging marathons.

The first Turkish female swimmer to cross the Katalina Channel

Bengisu Avcı Erdoğan said that in addition to the referees and boats provided by the Katalina Channel Swimming Association, the swimmers were also accompanied during the marathon to provide them with food: “The water temperature became colder as we approached California, it was not as changeable as in the English Channel and there was no change of tides, although there were currents. The number of marine animals was also quite large, but no attacks had been reported so far. We knew it would be difficult, but we were well prepared. I am very happy and proud to have completed this challenging marathon on behalf of my country and to be the first Turkish swimmer to cross the Catalina Channel,” she said.

In this marathon on the Katalina Channel, which is compared to the English Channel in terms of physical and mental difficulties for swimmers, Yemeksepeti also assisted our national athlete with its food products with high nutritional value.

As a successful representative of our country, our national swimmer prepared for the marathon by receiving the sports nutrition package from Yemeksepeti’s jet ski delivery during his training in Turkey.