# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gertrude-ederle
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:20:05.451Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gertrude-ederle"
name: "Gertrude Ederle"
slug: "gertrude-ederle"
description: "Gertrude Caroline Ederle 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. Among other nicknames, the press called her \"Queen of the Waves\"."
tagline: "American swimmer (1905–2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gertrude_Ederle.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1905-10-23"
deathDate: "2003-11-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.26254
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0249177"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump