Gertrude Ederle
One of them is ... Cook he used to be in my school and he only had one arm but i dont know any others sorry!!
No, swimming the English Channel was her primary achievement
Gertrude Caroline Ederle was an American swimmer that was the first woman ever to swim the English Channel. Her time was 14 hours and 34 minutes, the best time of the males swimmers was 16 hours and 33 minutes.Gertrude Ederlethat is Johnny Weismuller
Gertrude Ederle was the first women to swim and make it across to English channel, At her first try her trainer pulled her, crying from the ocean waves, The very next year on August 6, 1925 she was ready to try again, She swam and swam on, Go to http://www.mamma.com/ to look up more, Mamma.com-Best search engine.
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Gertrude Ederle Also Henry Sullivan in 1923 England to France, Charles Toth of Boston in 1923 France to England,, Amelia Corson 1926 France to England , Enrique Tirabocchi in 1923 france to England
Many people have swam the English Channel. On August 6, 1926, 19-year-old Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim the 21 miles across the English Channel in 14 hours and 31 minutes <><><> The English Channel has been swum many times, the first being Matthew Webb in 1875. As of 1979, there have been 819 crossers that made it- and 17 that swam both ways without stopping. .
"Mihin sen swam English channel?" - "To which did s/he swim the English channel?"
Susie Maroney is the Australian that swam from Jamaica to Cuba.
Matthew Webb in 1875
FLORANCE CHADWICK SWAM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL