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Gertrude Caroline Ederle (October 23, 1905 – 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.
Aug 3, 2018 · It was August 6, 1926, the day that an American, Gertrude Ederle, was poised to become the first woman to swim the English Channel. Only five men had ever swum the waterway before. The...
Apr 2, 2014 · Gertrude Ederle was a champion swimmer by her late teen years, and she competed in the 1924 Olympics. In 1926, she became the first woman to swim the English Channel; her...
Jun 1, 2024 · Gertrude Ederle (born October 23, 1905, New York, New York, U.S.—died November 30, 2003, Wyckoff, New Jersey) was an American swimmer who was the first woman to swim (1926) the English Channel and one of the best-known American sports personages of the 1920s.
Dec 1, 2003 · Gertrude Ederle, who was called ''America's best girl'' by President Calvin Coolidge in 1926 after she became the first woman to swim across the English Channel, died yesterday at a nursing...
Gertrude Ederle was the daughter of immigrants who became one of the most famous athletes in the world and set a record swimming the English Channel.
May 31, 2024 · In Young Woman and the Sea, out Friday and directed by Joachim Rønning, Daisy Ridley stars as Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle, the first woman to swim the English channel. Ederle, an...
Apr 30, 2001 · On Aug. 6, 1926, turbulent waters and brutal tide conditions in the Channel pushed the 19-year-old Ederle far off course, and she wound up swimming nearly 35 miles, far longer than the actual ...
Jul 23, 2009 · Nineteen-year-old Gertrude Ederle of New York City becomes the first woman to swim the English Channel on Aug. 6, 1926, as she crosses the waterway in 14 hours and 31 minutes.
Jul 8, 2020 · Gertrude Ederle (1905-2003), at age 15, became the first woman to swim the length of New York Bay and, in 1924, won three medals at the Paris Olympics.
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