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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".
Young Woman and the Sea tells the story of Gertrude Ederle, an American swimming champion, who first won a gold medal at the 1924 Olympic Games. In 1926, Ederle became the first woman to swim 21 ...
May 30, 2024 · Daisy Ridley stars as Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle, an Olympic athlete and the first woman to swim the English Channel, in “Young Woman and the Sea.”. With “Young Woman and the Sea,” Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle finally gets the movie she deserves. In 1926, the American swimmer who won a gold and two bronze medals at the 1924 Paris ...
May 29, 2024 · Sartaj Singh. May 29, 2024. ‘Young Woman and the Sea’ centers on Trudy Ederle, a young woman who goes against all odds in an attempt to set a record of being the first woman to swim across the English Channel. The daughter of a butcher in Manhattan, Trudy is interested in swimming from an early age. Her mother encourages her to become a ...
Tilda Cobham-Hervey, who previously appeared in the 2018 film Hotel Mumbai, joins the cast as Margaret “Meg” Ederle, Gertrude’s sister. Starring as Gertrude’s father, Henry Ederle, is Kim ...
May 1, 2024 · Daisy Ridley stars as Gertrude Ederle in Young Woman and the Sea, but the movie focuses mainly on her Channel crossing and not her full life story. Ederle's real success as an Olympic athlete and other achievements, like a 22-mile swim, are briefly featured in the film for context.
May 31, 2024 · PG, 2 hr 9 min. The story of competitive swimmer Trudy Ederle, who, in 1926, was the first woman to ever swim across the English Channel. She contracted with two newspapers and sold her story, thereby financing her quest. There was actually a race among women who would be first to cross as only five men had done so before. GENRE: Drama, Romance.
