Category: History
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Shane Gould – A Bud Greenspan documentary
Shane Gould, the greatest woman swimmer of her time, won 5 individual medals at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, is profiled in this Bud Greenspan documentary.
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Christian Sprenger had an inauspicious start to life in the pool
The 28-year-old breaststroke king initially hated the water so much that he was kicked out of his private learn-to-swim lessons, given a full Ârefund and told to look at other sports. “I don’t remember, I was very young — three or four — but the story goes it was a private learn-to-swim pool in someone’s…
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Rebecca Adlington reveals why she swapped the pool for TV for the Commonwealth Games
She is Britain’s most successful swimmer with a haul that included two Olympic gold medals and two bronzes, two World Championship titles, four Commonwealth Games medals and three European, as well as the world record for 800 metres freestyle, which she set at Beijing. But she he has barely looked back after quitting and came…
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Eamon Sullivan retires dues to ongoing shoulder problems
Former freestyle world record holder Eamon Sullivan has announced his immediate retirement from competitive swimming due to ongoing shoulder injury concerns. Once holder of the 50m and 100m freestyle world records, West Australian Sullivan – who won two Olympic silver medals in Beijing – had been plagued by shoulder issues in recent times. The 28-year-old…
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Camille Muffat retires after quarrel with coach
Read NBC Sports and original story on L’Equipe France’s Camille Muffat, a rival to U.S. stars Missy Franklin and Katie Ledecky, has abruptly retired due to a dispute with her coach, according to L’Equipe. “I have taken a big decision to stop swimming,†she said, according to L’Equipe, translated by Agence France-Presse. “[The disagreement with…
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Massena Man Shares Memories Of Swimming English Channel
See WWNYTV It took retired Navy chaplin Robert Manning the strength of prayer and more than 53,000 strokes to swim the English Channel three decades ago at age 49. “It was such a wonderful feeling,” he said.
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1936 Olympian Adolph Kiefer still gets a kick from swimming
See Chicago Tribune Adolph Kiefer, a 96-year-old Chicago area swimmer who won a gold medal in the 1936 Olympics, talks about his lifetime of swimming. Kiefer is also an inventor and innovator of new products related to aquatics competition. http://youtu.be/XWBa-X4z4D0
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Lakeside Swim Club celebrates 90 years
See WDRB There are a lot of places to take a dip during the summer, but there aren’t many that look,or have a story like Lakeside Swim Club in the Highlands. “It was a working rock quarry,” Asst. Manager, Mary Graves said. That was in the early 1900s, till a spring started to fill the…