Florence Chadwick

Florence May Chadwick (November 9, 1918 – March 15, 1995[1]) was an American swimmer. She was known for long-distance swimming. At age 10 she was the first child to swim the Catalina Channel.[2] Chadwick was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions.[2] She set a time record each time. She was the first woman to swim the Straits of Gibraltar, the Bosporus (one way), and the Dardanelles (round trip).

References
  1. Susan Ware, Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Completing the Twentieth Century (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 2004), p. 110
  2. Paula Edelson, A to Z of American Women in Sports (New York: Facts on File, 2002), p. 38




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