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About Gertrude Ederle the first woman to swim the English Channel, what happened to after she was famous. Headline--1926: GERTRUDE EDERLE At the Peak: At 7:09 on the morning of August 6, 1926, Gertrude Ederle--"Trudy" to her frien...
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separates great britain, europe's largest island from the continent. done by el valen
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How long is the English Channel? It is about 560 km (350 mi) long and varies in width from 240 km (150 mi) at its widest, to only 34 km (21 mi) in the Strait of Dover. www.wikipedia.org
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Captain Matthew Webb was the first. He was killed trying to swim agross the Niagra River in Canada/US He swam the channel in 1875.
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Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle (1905-2003), American Olympic gold medalist, became the first woman to swim the English Channel
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Two reasons: Firstly, it seems Singaporeans who were not born in Singapore have accomplished many of our recent major sporting achievements. I feel this has contributed to a mentality of defeat among locally-born Singaporeans that we have t...
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My friends say "I am crazy"; others are simply flabbergasted that I would attempt such a feat. They question, 'Why on Earth would you want to swim the English Channel? Don't you know that it is really cold and rough; and that...
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I consider doing it rather soon, since it will get more difficult in the future, with sea level rising because of global warming...
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NO NO NO. we have enough boring events now . It could not by its very nature have people watching except on TV and who would want to sit in front of a TV for over 24 hours. to have cameras covering each swimmer it would cost a fortune and m...
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Neil, There were many attacks carried out on submerged wrecks by escort ships as the wrecks had been picked up on ASDIC and were considered possible sub contacts. In 1944 there was a big effort from the RN to accuratly chart all the wrecks ...
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