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She was one of three swimmers who were trying to make the swim across the Channel at the same time starting at 11:32 at night on 28 August 1926, leaving from Cape Gris Nez. The two men with her failed, Egyptian swimmer Ishak Helmy dropping out after three hours and an English swimmer failing one mile (1.6 km) from Dover's Shakespeare Cliffs. [ 19 ]
She trained with Jabez Wolffe, a swimmer who had attempted to swim the English Channel 22 times. [12] On August 18, 1925, Ederle made her first attempt at swimming the Channel whereupon she was disqualified when Wolffe ordered another swimmer (who was keeping her company in the water), Ishak Helmy, to recover her from the water.
Brenda Fisher in 1951 swimming the English Channel. On 17 August 1951 she was the 23rd swimmer of the English Channel from France to England, completing in a new record women's time of 12 hours 42 minutes. She was fed every hour keeping up a rate of 25 strokes a minute rising to 30 as she approached England.
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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.
Australian endurance swimmer Eva Buzo swam the English Channel last week in a remarkable ten hours and forty-nine minutes, entering the water in Dover, England and exiting on the beaches of France ...
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] At 17 years of age, she was the youngest swimmer to succeed in the crossing. [24]