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First known person from Southern Africa to swim the English Channel. [38] France to England Sweden Sally Bauer: 1939 15:22 First Swede, and first Scandinavian, to swim the English Channel. [39] England to France Belgium Fernand Du Moulin: 1949 12:59 First Belgian person and man to swim the English Channel. [40] [41] France to England Canada
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]
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.
She was the first known person to swim the Straits of Gibraltar and the first British woman to swim the English Channel. [2] The name of Mercedes Gleitze was used to market Rolex's new waterproof case, the "Oyster". She established endurance records for swimming including a record of 46 hours in 1932.
The New York Times and several Danish newspapers reported on the swim. [13] Amelia Gade Corson and her children in the New York Times newspaper shortly after her swim. Gade sailed to New York City aboard the RMS Aquitania, [14] and was welcomed by a ticker-tape parade. [15] Gade was the first mother and second woman to swim the Channel. [15] [14]
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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