Category: History
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Summer Sanders – USA Olympic Gold Swimmer
2019 Sacramento Walk of Stars honoree Summer Sanders tribute video.
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Olympic gold medallist, Jodie Henry on the AIS
Three times Olympic gold medallist, swimmer, Jodie Henry visited the AIS in May 2019 to speak about the important role the AIS has in supporting athletes across Australia. Jodie also touched on how the AIS model has changed since her time as an athlete based at the AIS, in Canberra.
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The World’s Tallest Water Slide Was a Terrible, Tragic Idea
At nearly 169 feet (51.5m) tall, Verrückt—which means “insane†in German—was taller than Niagara Falls. Riders flew down the world’s tallest water slide at 70 miles per hour, challenging the laws of physics. The attraction was the pride and joy of Schlitterbahn Water Park in Kansas City. Then, on August 7, 2016, Verrückt came to…
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Silver Medal Interview – Olympian Kaitlin Sandeno
Kaitlin Sandeno talks about winning the silver medal in the 400 IM at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece.
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Exclusive Reel: Outtakes from Brooklyn’s Eleanor Holm After Swimmer’s Ban from Olympic Team (1936)
In 1936 in New York, Eleanor Holm, a Brooklyn born and raised swimmer and daughter of a New York City Fire Department officer, comments about her removal from that year’s U.S. Olympic team because of alleged inappropriate behavior aboard the ship en route to the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. Holm, a 100-meter backstroke gold…
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GB Olympic gold medalist swimmer Lucy Morton’s collection at Hansons
Lucy Morton won gold for Great Britain at the Paris Olympics of 1924… for the 200 metre breaststroke.
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Hell or High Water: How Racism Kept Black America From Swimming
Now, we’ve all heard the stereotype that black folks can’t swim. But, unfortunately, that cliché is based in haunting truths. The numbers speak for themselves: 64 percent of black kids have no or low swimming ability, versus 45 percent of Latinx children and 40 percent of white kids. A 2014 study also found that black children between…
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Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer Eleanor Holm Among World’s Fair Performers in New York (1939)
In 1939 at the World’s Fair in the New York City borough of Queens, Olympic gold medalist swimmer Eleanor Holm (on the right in the opening shot), a native of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, is among the performers at the Aquacade attraction https://youtu.be/jmOUNuuH1Rc