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  2. Haenyeo - Wikipedia

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    [4]: 100 Originally, diving was an exclusively male profession, with the exception of women who worked alongside their husbands. [4]: 101 The first mention of female divers in literature does not come until the 17th century, when a monograph of Jeju geography describes them as jamnyeo (literally "diving women"). [4]: 101

  3. Swimsuit - Wikipedia

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    American 1920s woman's bathing suit. A swimsuit is an item of clothing designed to be worn by people engaging in a water-based activity or water sports, such as swimming, diving and surfing, or sun-orientated activities, such as sun bathing.

  4. Competitive swimwear - Wikipedia

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    Competitive swimwear refers to the swimsuit, clothing, equipment, and accessories used in the aquatic sports of swimming, diving, artistic swimming, triathlon, and water polo. Some swimsuits are designed specifically for swimming competitions where they may be constructed of a special low resistance fabric that reduces skin drag.

  5. Wetsuit - Wikipedia

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    For scuba diving the sole of the bootee should not be so thick that the diver cannot get a fin on over it. Divers wearing bootees use fins with a foot pocket larger than needed with bare feet. Divers in warm water who do not wear a diving suit sometimes wear bootees so they can wear bigger fins.

  6. Women Divers Hall of Fame - Wikipedia

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    The WDHOF awards many scholarships and training grants [11] to support women of "all ages who are pursuing careers involving diving" [12] including the J. Berman Memorial Grant for Sea Turtle Conservation, the Sherry Reed Memorial Undergraduate Marine Conservation Scholarship, the Laurel Clark Sea to Space Physiology Research Grant and the Amelia Behrens-Furniss Memorial Hardhat Dive Training ...

  7. History of competitive swimwear - Wikipedia

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    Women's coaches were rare at early Olympics, and to further reduce the chances of harassment women were accompanied by chaperones. [4] Even men wore one-piece swimsuits covering the body from hips to shoulders up to the 1940s. [5] In 1928, Speedo introduced their racerback silk suit that was optimized to fit the body shape.