Category: History
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Everyone A Swimmer
Born near the end of World War I to German immigrants who settled in Chicago’s Albany Park, Kiefer was the fifth of eight children. Consoling him after a swimming loss, his father Otto predicted swimming heroics. “Sonny Boy,†he said, “you’re going to be the greatest swimmer in the world.â€
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Syrian athlete carries Olympic flame through Athens refugee camp
A Syrian athlete who lost part of his leg during the war has carried the Olympic flame through a refugee camp in central Athens in Greece.
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The Last Gold Trailer
The Last Gold is scheduled to be in theaters July 11, 2016. Be on the lookout in May for the official announcement!
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British Success In Channel Swim (1950)
British Success in Channel Swim. Cap Gris Nez, Dover and Folkestone.
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True Tarzan Freestyle
This is some of the best footage of the Olympic champion swimmer in action, especially from underwater. In the movie the swim was speeded up–here it is slowed down so you can appreciate Johnny’s technique. Most “official” videos from competition were filmed strictly from the deck, and do not show his efficient freestyle. https://youtu.be/7sQyRhWMNrs
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Gertrude Ederle
This was my 2009 History Day project on the English Channel swimmer Gertrude Ederle.
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Swim Ireland must learn lesson from Gráinne Murphy debacle
Now in what seemed just the blink of an eye, she’s already the past – or at least swimming for her is. That Gráinne Murphy never got to really be or have the present is something of a sporting and personal tragedy that only she and her family and inner circle will truly know and…
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The ‘Australian Mermaid’ Who Introduced Recreational Swimming to American Women
In the summer of 1907, an Australian woman by the name of Annette Kellerman made a startling appearance on the sands of Revere Beach just north of Boston. Amid the female sunseekers wearing the standard bathing costume of the time—blouse; skirt; stockings; swimming shoes—she strolled toward the water in a short-sleeved unitard cut to two inches above the knee.…
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Lily James Starring as Swimmer Gertrude Ederle in ‘Young Woman and the Sea’
Paramount and Jerry Bruckheimer have tapped Lily James to portray Gertrude Ederle in a movie about the first woman to swim across the English Channel. Bruckheimer is producing and Jeff Nathanson is adapting the script from Glenn Stout’s book “Young Woman and the Sea,†which chronicles Ederle’s 1926 swim across the 21 mile stretch of…