How did Gertrude Ederle die?
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When did Gertrude Ederle die?
Gertrude Ederle, in full Gertrude Caroline Ederle, (born October 23, 1905, New York, New York, U.S.—died November 30, 2003, Wyckoff, New Jersey), first woman to swim (1925) the English Channel and one of the best-known American sports personages of the 1920s.
What happened Gertrude Ederle?
Ederle had poor hearing since childhood due to measles, and by the 1940s she was almost completely deaf. Aside from her time in Vaudeville, she taught swimming to deaf children. She never married and she was living in an old peoples home in 2001. She died on November 30, 2003, in Wyckoff, New Jersey, at the age of 98.
Was Gertrude Ederle married?
Ederle was a sturdy woman—at 5 feet 5 inches, she weighed nearly 150 pounds—and she often seemed more at ease in the water than on land. She never married, though in old age she told interviewers that she had received proposals; they went nowhere, she said, because of the social limitations caused by her deafness.
Who is the fastest person to swim the English Channel?
Trent Grimsey
Australia’s Trent Grimsey, a former long distance swimmer, holds the record for the quickest crossing of the Channel, having completed it in six hours and 55 minutes.
What was the first swimming stroke invented?
The breaststroke is believed to be the oldest of strokes and is much used in lifesaving and recreational swimming as well as in competitive swimming. The stroke is especially effective in rough water.
What do the French call the English Channel?
La Manche
The French call it La Manche, or the sleeve, while the more proprietorial British refer to the narrow arm of the Atlantic separating England’s southern coast from the northern coast of France as the English Channel.
Who crossed the English Channel first?
Matthew Webb, a 27-year-old merchant navy captain, becomes the first known person to successfully swim the English Channel. Captain Webb accomplished the grueling 21-mile crossing, which really entailed 39 miles of swimming because of tidal currents, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
