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Competitive swimming in Europe started around 1800, mostly using the breaststroke. In 1873 John Arthr Trudgen introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native Americans. Due to a British disregard for splashing, Trudgen employed a scissor kick instead of the front crawl's flutter kick. Swimming was part of the first modern Olympic games in 1896 in Athens. In 1902 Richard Cavill introduced the front crawl to the Western world. In 1908, the world swimming association, Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA), was formed. The butterfly stroke was developed in the 1930s and was at first a breaststroke variant, until it was accepted as a separate style in 1952.
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Who started the sport swimming?
It was started by the Greeks.
What are facts about swimming pools?
swimming started in the first century
When was olympic swimming invented?
Swimming pool sports started from Britain around 1830, but first swimming pools games started in Olympic in 1896.
Where was swimming started?
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Who started swimming?
fish
Where did swimming started?
At the Olympics probaly! Hope i did it for you Millie x
Where and when did swimming start?
Swimming started in 900 B.C and started by the early men. when used to capture food for and survival.
When and how did the sport of swimming start?
swimming started in the 3rd millennium BC.
What was Stephanie rice like as a child?
Stephanie Rice started swimming when she was a toddler learning the simple facts of swimming. She kept with her swimming as she got older and started competing in swimming competitions when she was in the 9th grade. Stephanie Rice's childhood ambition was to win a gold medal at the Olympics. Stephanie Rice started swimming when she was a toddler learning the simple facts of swimming. She kept with her swimming as she got older and started competing in swimming competitions when she was in the 9th grade. Stephanie Rice's childhood ambition was to win a gold medal at the Olympics.
What place started swimming?
Austrial
At what age did Eamon Sullivan start swimming?
he started swimming at the age of 5
When did Annamay Pierse start swimming?
She started swimming when she was about 5 years of age.
