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Duncan Alexander Goodhew, MBE (born 27 May 1957) is an English former competitive swimmer.After swimming competitively in America as a collegian at North Carolina State University, he was an Olympic swimmer for Great Britain and won Olympic gold and bronze medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
At the 2008 U.S. Olympic Swim Trials, Beard finished second in the 200-meter breaststroke event, and she qualified for her fourth consecutive Olympics. On July 30, 2008, at the U.S. swimming team's final training in Singapore, Beard, together with Dara Torres and Natalie Coughlin , were elected co-captains of the U.S. Olympic women's swimming team.
Diana Nyad / ˈ n aɪ ˌ æ d / (née Sneed; born August 22, 1949) is an American author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimmer. [2] Nyad gained national attention in 1975 when she swam around Manhattan (28 mi or 45 km) in record time.
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And most Team USA swimmers aren’t too proud to ask for help — pals and teammates Nathan Adrian and Matt Grevers said in 2016 they shaved each other’s backs. Swimming - Olympic Games Paris ...
After a 20-year stint of leaving the Olympics empty-handed, Team USA’s women’s artistic swimming team finally made it to the podium, winning silver in the three-night competition on August 7 ...
Ederle was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1965. [8] She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2003. [16] An annual swim from New York City's Battery Park to Sandy Hook, New Jersey, is named the Ederle Swim to honor her, and follows the course she swam. [17] [18]
Black People Will Swim, based in Queens, N.Y., teaches hundreds of New Yorkers of color, with limited pool access, how to swim each year.