Olympic Swimming History Question

Thanks for that info Patrick. I thought George was taking the Mickey out of us again! Syd Syd! In NYC, Gertrude is still the It girl Quiksilver posted her bio www.answers.com/.../gertrude-ederle She was the first person to successfully swim the English Channel and an Olympic Gold Medalist from the 20s. George: Besides having an eight beat kick she also had some pluck--the water temp at Brighton Beach right now is 55 degrees. That's the beach where she trained often. I had a swimmer spend 90 minutes in the ocean last Saturday--he's swimming the Channel this August. She also has a swim named after her--it goes from the tip of Manhattan to Sandy Hook NJ--17 miles, last year was the inaugural swim. If you don't work the front part of the race the current sets in and you may end up in Staten Island. Ederle Swim www.nycswim.org/.../Event.aspx Gertrude in 3 paragraphs At the 1924 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal as a part of the US 400-meter freestyle relay team and bronze medals for finishing third in the 100-meter and 400-meter freestyle races. In 1925, Ederle swam a 21-mile crossing across Lower New York Bay, from Manhattan to Sandy Hook, taking over seven hours. Later that year, she made her first attempt at swimming the Channel, but she was disqualified when a trainer grabbed her after she began coughing. Her famous cross-channel swim began at Cap Gris-Nez in France at 07:05 on the morning of August 6, 1926. Fourteen hours and 30 minutes later, she came ashore at Kingsdown, England. Her record stood until Florence Chadwick swam the channel in 1950 in 13 hours and 20 minutes.

Thanks for that info Patrick. I thought George was taking the Mickey out of us again! Syd Syd! In NYC, Gertrude is still the It girl Quiksilver posted her bio www.answers.com/.../gertrude-ederle She was the first person to successfully swim the English Channel and an Olympic Gold Medalist from the 20s. George: Besides having an eight beat kick she also had some pluck--the water temp at Brighton Beach right now is 55 degrees. That's the beach where she trained often. I had a swimmer spend 90 minutes in the ocean last Saturday--he's swimming the Channel this August. She also has a swim named after her--it goes from the tip of Manhattan to Sandy Hook NJ--17 miles, last year was the inaugural swim. If you don't work the front part of the race the current sets in and you may end up in Staten Island. Ederle Swim www.nycswim.org/.../Event.aspx Gertrude in 3 paragraphs At the 1924 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal as a part of the US 400-meter freestyle relay team and bronze medals for finishing third in the 100-meter and 400-meter freestyle races. In 1925, Ederle swam a 21-mile crossing across Lower New York Bay, from Manhattan to Sandy Hook, taking over seven hours. Later that year, she made her first attempt at swimming the Channel, but she was disqualified when a trainer grabbed her after she began coughing. Her famous cross-channel swim began at Cap Gris-Nez in France at 07:05 on the morning of August 6, 1926. Fourteen hours and 30 minutes later, she came ashore at Kingsdown, England. Her record stood until Florence Chadwick swam the channel in 1950 in 13 hours and 20 minutes.