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Gertrude Caroline Ederle (/ ˈ ɛ d ər l i /; [1] October 23, 1905 [2] – November 30, 2003) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder in five events. On August 6, 1926, she became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. [3] Among other nicknames, the press called her "Queen of the Waves". [4] [5]
Young Woman and the Sea is a 2024 American biographical sports film directed by Joachim Rønning and written by Jeff Nathanson, based on the 2009 book by Glenn Stout.Produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films, the film stars Daisy Ridley as Gertrude Ederle, an American competitive swimmer who became the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
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] England to France Malaysia Abdul Malik Mydin: 2003 17:42 First Malaysian swimmer to cross the English Channel.
Thomas William Burgess (15 June 1872 – 2 July 1950) was the second person to successfully complete a swim of the English Channel after Matthew Webb, following sixteen attempts. [1] Burgess was British but spent most of his life in France, and won a bronze medal with the French water polo team at the 1900 Olympics .
Netflix's "Nyad" takes viewers on the inside story of how famed marathon swimmer Diane Nyad swam across the Florida Strait — the waters between Cuba and Key West — at age 64.
Vindication Swim is a 2024 biographical drama film about swimmer Mercedes Gleitze, who in 1927 became the first British woman to swim the English Channel.The film is written and directed by Elliott Hasler, starring Kirsten Callaghan in the lead role with John Locke playing her coach and Victoria Summer as a rival swimmer.
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KELSEY WALLING / HAWAII TRIBUNE HERALD A Hawaii Fire Department helicopter is stationed at the Boiling Pots parking lot as first responders conduct a search for a missing swimmer on Sept. 18 in Hilo.