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The front crawl or forward crawl, also known as the Australian crawl [1] or American crawl, [2] is a swimming stroke usually regarded as the fastest of the four front primary strokes. [3] As such, the front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle swimming competition, and hence freestyle is used metonymically for the front crawl.
Charles Meldrum Daniels (March 24, 1885 – August 9, 1973) [1] was an American competition swimmer, eight-time Olympic medalist, and world record-holder in two freestyle swimming events. Daniels was an innovator of the front crawl swimming style, helping to develop the "American crawl". [2]
4 Well known freestyle swimmers 1 comment 5 "This style is sometimes referred to as the Australian crawl or the American crawl although these are, in fact, more specific variants both of which qualify as front crawl strokes.[1] "
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 ]
San Diego Yacht Club is a yacht club located in San Diego Bay. The club is one of the oldest in the United States, founded in 1886. It is located in Point Loma across from a spit of land known as Shelter Island. San Diego Yacht Club won the America's Cup in 1987, 1988, and 1992, hosting the event in 1988, 1992, and 1995. The club boasts one of ...
LaShae is endorsed by Administrators Association San Diego City Schools, AAPI Democratic Club San Diego, Association of California School Administrators, American Federation of Teachers Local 1931 ...
The freestyle movement at this point was all underground. Although several BMX manufacture-sponsored freestyle teams were touring the US, they were promoting the sport of BMX in general, not specifically freestyle. The American Freestyle Association (AFA) was the first governing body for BMX freestyle, founded by Bob Morales in 1982. [9]
Freestyle fixed gear is stunt riding on a fixie. It is an extreme sport where the stunts share elements from BMX, artistic cycling, dirt jumping, and trials. The flat ground style of tricks, similar to artistic cycling, is called Trick-Track or Tarck. Street and park riding, that is more similar to BMX, is generally called FGFS (Fixed Gear ...