Gertrude Caroline Ederle (/ ˈ ɛ d ər l i /; [1] October 23, 1905 [2] – 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 . [ 3 ]

2014年4月2日 · 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 record-breaking...

Gertrude Ederle is an American swimmer who was the first woman to swim (1926) the English Channel; she beat the men’s world record by almost two hours. That and other swimming feats made her one of the best-known American sports personages of the 1920s.

2018年8月3日 · 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...

2024年6月1日 · Adapted from Glenn Stout’s 2009 book of the same name, the film tells the true story of how Ederle, at just 20 years old, became the first woman to swim the treacherous English Channel in August...

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.

2003年12月1日 · 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 home...

Gertrude Ederle was an American competitive swimmer who made history by becoming the first woman to swim across the English Channel on August 6, 1926. Ederle began her swimming journey in her childhood on the Shrewsbury River and the Atlantic Ocean, later joining the Women's Swimming Association of New York, where she honed her skills under the mentorship of Charlotte Epstein.

Gertrude Caroline Ederle was an American swimmer and the first woman to successfully swim across the English Channel. She was born into a German immigrant family and spent most of her childhood in New York City. Her father, who managed a butcher shop in Manhattan, taught young Gertrude how to swim.

2003年12月1日 · Gertrude Ederle, who was the toast of America and Europe in 1926 when she became the first woman to swim the English Channel, died Sunday.