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Ryan John Pini MBE (born 10 December 1981 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea) [1] is a 4-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea.He swam for PNG at the 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympics; [2] also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008 and 2016.
The swimming events at the 1896 Olympic Games were held in a bay in the Aegean Sea with swimmers being required to swim to the shore—Hungarian swimmer Alfréd Hajós won two gold medals that year, saying "My will to live completely overcame my desire to win."
Lewis William Gordon Pugh, OIG, (born 5 December 1969) is a British-South African endurance swimmer and ocean advocate. Dubbed the "Sir Edmund Hillary of swimming", he is the first person to complete a long-distance swim in every ocean of the world, and he frequently swims in vulnerable ecosystems to draw attention to their plight.
Walk down Reader's Digest memory lane with these quotes from famous people throughout the decades. The post 100 of the Best Quotes from Famous People appeared first on Reader's Digest.
From ‘swimming naked’ to the ‘manic-depressive’ market to the billionaires whose inner jerk came out, here are Warren Buffett’s best quotes from the last 93 years Jane Thier August 30 ...
Famous naturalists like John Muir, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau devoted their lives to studying the natural world. ... Seasonal nature quotes “Wherever you go, no matter what the ...
Lynne Cox (born January 2, 1957) [1] is an American long-distance open water swimmer, writer, and speaker.She is best known for being the first person to swim between the United States and the Soviet Union, [2] [3] in the Bering Strait, a feat which has been recognized for easing the Cold War tensions between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
Swimming is one of the most popular sports and activities in the world. [1] [2] The following list of swimmers, each of whom has been covered in reliable sources from around the world, is divided up by country, and arranged alphabetically by surname. This list is by no means complete.