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Nathalie Pohl’s 200-kilometer Rhine swim raises €616,000

8/15/2026

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Nathalie Pohl completed a four-day, 200-kilometer swim from Frankfurt to Cologne on August 14, 2026.
She swapped places with other swimmers every two hours and rested each night.
The swim raised about €616,000 ($713,000) for safe-swimming projects for children.
Pohl warned that many people still drown in the Rhine because it is not a bathing water.

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Nathalie Pohl completed a four-day, 200-kilometer swim from Frankfurt to Cologne on August 14, 2026.
She swapped places with other swimmers every two hours and rested each night.
The swim raised about €616,000 ($713,000) for safe-swimming projects for children.
Pohl warned that many people still drown in the Rhine because it is not a bathing water.