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This is a list of notable successful swims across the English Channel, a straight-line distance of at least 18.2 nautical miles (20.9 mi; 33.7 km). Aerial view of the Strait of Dover. Ted Heaton (in water) being fed by assistants during his 1910 swim. Monument in Dover to Channel swimmers.
Diana Nyad / ˈ n aɪ ˌ æ d / (née Sneed; born August 22, 1949) is an American author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimmer. Nyad gained national attention in 1975 when she swam around Manhattan (28 mi or 45 km) in record time, and in 1979 when she swam from Bimini, The Bahamas, to Juno Beach, Florida (102 mi or 164 km).
400 m freestyle. Gertrude Caroline Ederle (October 23, 1905 [1] – November 30, 2003) 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. [2] Among other nicknames, the press sometimes called her "Queen of the Waves".
Benoît Lecomte. Benoit Lecomte (born 1967) is a French-born long-distance swimmer (now a naturalized American citizen) who swam several sections of the Atlantic Ocean in 1998. Many major media outlets initially wrongly reported that he swam the entire distance across the ocean, but the claim was dismissed and is not officially recognized by ...
Jun. 18—Suit up and dive in Albuquerque. It's time for a swim lesson. The city of Albuquerque Parks and Recreation Department is partnering with the World Waterpark Association and the ...
List of Free! episodes. List of. Free! episodes. Cover of first Blu-ray Disc volume featuring main protagonist Haruka Nanase. Free! is a 2013 anime series based on the light novel High Speed! written by Kōji Ōji and published the same year. Haruka Nanase and Rin Matsuoka are both gifted swimmers who are friends, but fierce rivals in the pool.
I am Paddle-to-the-Sea" and sets it free to travel the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. The story follows the progress of the little wooden canoe and paddler on their journey. It travels the Nipigon River wedged in a log of wood, and is rescued by a French-Canadian lumberjack just as it is going under the saw. He puts it back in the water.
Florence May Chadwick (November 9, 1918 – March 15, 1995) [1] 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 time. She was also the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel, the Straits of Gibraltar, the Bosporus ...