Richard Haan has been taking part in winter and long-distance swimming races since 1985. He has won 10 national championship titles in winter swimming.

22. 8. 1999 – English Channel – first attempt at swimming the English Channel

Start on August 22 at 8:09 UTC
Attempt aborted August 23 at 1:36 UTC
Duration: 17 hours 27 minutes
Distance achieved: 46 km

12. 8. 2000 – Strait of Gibraltar – successful swimming of the Strait of Gibraltar

Start on August 12 at 9:49, Tarifa (Spain)
Finish at 15:21, Morocco
Duration: 5 hours 36 minutes
Distance achieved: 18 km

27.7. - 29. 7. 2001 - "Vltava" relay (České Budějovice – Prague)

Part of six-member team (regular hand-off after one hour)
Start on July 27 at 9:00, České Budějovice
Finish on July 29 at 18:32, Prague Výtoň
Duration: 57 hours 32 minutes
Distance achieved: 184 km

30. 7. 2002 - English Channel – second attempt at swimming the English Channel

Start on July 30 at 14:30 UTC
Attempt aborted July 31 at 2:18 UTC
Duration: 11 hours 48 minutes
Distance achieved: 35 km

2. 8. 2002 - English Channel – third attempt at swimming the English Channel

Start on August 2 at 5:00 UTC
Attempt aborted 3. 8. at 0:24 UTC
Duration: 19 hours 24 minutes
Distance achieved: 54 km
Other participants: Zoltán Makai (first Slovak to swim the English Channel with a time of 11 hours 21 minutes) and first Czech relay to successfully swim the channel with a time of 12 hours 5 minutes (relay swimmers: Jan Příborský, Michal Šanda, Pavel Kouřil, Michal Špaček, Petr Mihola, Jiří Valeš)

8. 8. 2004 Rapperswil Curych swimming marathon (Switzerland)

Duration: 11 hours 4 minutes
Distance achieved: 26.4 km

29. 7. 2005 - English Channel – fourth attempt at swimming the English Channel - success

Start on July 29 at 5:28 UTC, Shakespeare Beach (England)
Finish on July 29 at 19:35 UTC, Cap Blanc (France)
Duration: 14 hours 07 minutes
Distance achieved: 51 km

Member of the 1st Prague Cold Water Swimmers Club since October 1, 2005

25. 7. 2009 successful swimming of the route Písek - Praha (Czech Republic)

Start on July 25 at 10:45 CET Písek
Finish on July 30 at 18:05 CET, Praha - Braník
Duration: 55 hours 48 minutes
Distance achieved: 135 km