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In August 1926, a 19-year-old New Yorker named Trudy Ederle became the first woman to swim the English Channel. Only five men had finished the 21-mile trek from Cape Gris-Nez in France to ...
Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) Venue: Duna Arena: Location: Budapest, Hungary: Dates: 10 December (heats and semifinals) 11 December (final) Competitors: 63 from 57 nations: Winning time: 54.55: Medalists
2021 in women's swimming (111 P) 2022 in women's swimming (78 P) 2023 in women's swimming (46 P) 2024 in women's swimming (72 P)
Events in women's swimming (25 C) S. Female swimmers (9 C) This page was last edited on 5 September 2024, at 10:38 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
The crowd whistled and cheered as he walked past the towering athletes on the pool deck at Paris’ La Defense Arena. In a floral Speedo, there he was.
Charlotte "Eppy" Epstein (1884–1938), managed the United States Women's Olympic Swimming Team in the 1920s, and founded the National Women's Life Saving League in 1914, and the New York's Women's Swimming Association (WSA), which she led from 1917-1939. Known as "Mother of Women's Swimming in America", she helped enable women to become ...
On learning "Without the method of learning, you're like a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest. It's just not going to work very well." — 2021 Daily Journal Annual Meeting “In my whole ...
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Jantzen recognized that working women wanted attractive beachwear for weekends and vacations. In some resort areas, swim separates, cover-ups, and ankle-length beach skirts completed many swimsuit ensembles. Jantzen began to work with nylon and spandex to add stretch that holds shape.