Florence Chadwick
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Florence May Chadwick was an American swimmer known for long-distance open water swimming. She was the first woman to swim across the English Channel in both directions, setting a time record each tim
Chadwick in 1963
Gertrude Ederle
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Gertrude Caroline Ederle 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
Florence Chadwick
…32, she crossed the English Channel from France to England in 13 hours and 23 minutes, breaking the then-current world record held by American swimmer Gertrude Ederle. One year later, Chadwick crossed the channel again, from England to France this time, in 16 hours and 22 minutes, thus making her the first woman to…
Gertrude Ederle
Gertrude Ederle: "People said women couldn't swim the Channel, but I proved they could."
Parade for Ederle along the Canyon of Heroes, 1926
The grave of Gertrude Ederle