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First Norwegian to swim the English Channel. [citation needed] England to France China Zhang Jian 2001 11:56 First person from China to swim the English Channel. [65] [66] [67] England to France Barbados Chris Gibbs 2003 11:30 First person from a Caribbean country to swim the English Channel. Aged 58, and member of The Merrymen Calypso band. [68]
Up to 1927, fewer than ten swimmers (including the first woman, Gertrude Ederle in 1926) had managed to successfully swim the English Channel, and many dubious claims had been made. The Channel Swimming Association (CSA) was founded to authenticate and ratify swimmers' claims to have swum the Channel and to verify crossing times.
In 1925, the Women's Swimming Association sponsored Helen Wainwright and Ederle for an attempt at swimming across the English Channel. Helen Wainwright cancelled due to an injury, so Ederle decided to go to France on her own. She trained with Jabez Wolffe, a swimmer who had attempted to swim the English Channel 22 times. [12]
Heather Roka became the 10th American to swim the two-way English Channel crossing. “The toughest people do the English Channel." Florida woman swims English Channel and back in 25 hours, a rare ...
Captain Matthew Webb (19 January 1848 – 24 July 1883) was an English seaman, swimmer and stuntman who became the first person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aids. Webb increased the popularity of swimming in England.
Offered $15,000 by the Toronto Telegram newspaper to swim the English Channel, Bell made the crossing in 14 hours, 36 minutes on July 31, 1955. [23] Her crossing started at Cap Gris-Nez and ended at Abbotscliff, between Dover and Folkestone. [ 23 ]
Swimming the English Channel Ethel "Sunny" Lowry MBE (2 January 1911, in Longsight , Manchester, Lancashire – 21 February 2008) was credited with becoming the first British woman to swim the English Channel in 1933, [ 1 ] Although Mercedes Gleitze was actually the first British woman to swim the channel , in 1927.
Florence May Chadwick (November 9, 1918 – March 15, 1995) [1] was an American swimmer known for long-distance open water swimming.She was the first woman to swim across the English Channel in both directions, setting a time record each time.