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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]
Webb was born on 19 January 1848 in Dawley, Shropshire.He was one of 13 children of the surgeon Dr Matthew Webb. [1] [2] [3] In 1849, when Webb was 14 months old, his family moved to Madeley, and then in 1856 to Coalbrookdale, where they lived near the River Severn.
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]
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.
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 ...
Jacob Abraham "Jabez" "Jappy" Wolffe (19 November 1876 – 22 October 1943) was a Scottish long distance swimmer and author of swimming books. He attempted but failed to swim the English Channel 22 times, between 1906 and 1921. He came closest to success in the September of 1919, with an attempt of 14 hours 55 minutes, from Shakespeare Cliff ...
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 ...