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81Open water swimming — Triathletes competing in open water swimming Open water swimming takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, bays, lakes, rivers, canals, and reservoirs. The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming is sometimes taken to …
82Matthew Webb — This article is about the Channel swimmer. For the English footballer, see Matthew Webb (footballer). Matthew Webb. Captain Matthew Webb (19 January 1848 – 24 July 1883) was the first recorded person to swim the English Channel without the use of …
83Sunny Lowry — Infobox Person name = Sunny Lowry caption = birth date = January 2, 1911 birth place = Longsight, Manchester, England birth name = Ethel Lowry death date = February 21, 2008 death place = Warrington, Cheshire known for = Swimming the English… …
84Gertrude Ederle — Gertrude Caroline Ederle (October 23, 1905 ndash; November 30, 2003) was an American competitive swimmer. In 1926, she became the first woman to swim across the English Channel.Gertrude was the daughter of a German immigrant who ran a butcher… …
85History of swimming — Swimming has been known since prehistoric times; the earliest recording of swimming dates back to Stone Age paintings from around 7,000 years ago. Written references date from 2000 BC. Some of the earliest references include the Gilgamesh, the… …
86Thum Ping Tjin — This is a Chinese name; the family name is Thum. Thum Ping Tjin (born December 17, 1979), better known as PJ, is the first Singaporean to swim the English Channel. He is also the first Oxford University graduate student to do so. He was a member… …
87Marilyn Bell — Historic coverage of Bell s swim. The Globe and Mail, September 10, 1954 Marilyn Bell Di Lascio is a retired long distance swimmer, born October 19, 1937, in Toronto, Ontario. She was the first person to swim across Lake Ontario and later swam… …
88List of German Americans — This is a list of notable German Americans.German Americans (Deutschamerikaner) are citizens of the United States of ethnic German ancestry and form the largest ancestry group in the United States, accounting for 17% of US population. [cite web… …
89Florence Chadwick — Florence May Chadwick (November 9, 1918 ndash; March 15, 1995) was an American swimmer who was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions. She also made contributions to various youth groups.Born in San Diego, Chadwick had her …
90Rolex — Infobox Company name = Rolex SA type = Privately held company foundation = 1905 by Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis in London location city = Geneva location country = Switzerland location = locations = key people = Patrick Heiniger, CEO area… …
