Raha Akhavan, Faculty Member of Sabancı Business School, who swam across the Strait of Gibraltar last year, has achieved a new success in swimming. Akhavan, who participated in the open water swimming program called "20 Bridges Swim," completed the 48.5 km course by swimming around Manhattan Island.
Akhavan completed the course, which was expected to take about 10 hours, in 8.5 hours, and achieved a success that exceeded her goal.
With her message "Women, Life, Freedom", Akhavan dedicated her success in swimming to women's struggle for rights in Iran.