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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]
The difference in world record times between breaststroke and crawl is much larger than the difference in word record times between the crawl and the butterfly. 193.190.253.148 23:49, 4 November 2007 (UTC) Some swimmers in my swimming club will swim butterfly in freestyle. They are good enough to be called "competitive", but not national level.
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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 ]
Andrew Hayes is a lifelong resident of the 75th District in East County. He attended El Capitan High School in Lakeside before earning two bachelor’s degrees from the University of San Diego.
Incumbent Darrell Issa is running for re-election in District 48. The Republican is a retired Army veteran who founded and served as C.E.O. of Directed Electronics.