# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mercedes-gleitze
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:19:26.179Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mercedes-gleitze"
name: "Mercedes Gleitze"
slug: "mercedes-gleitze"
description: "Mercedes Carey was a British professional swimmer. She was the first known person to swim the Straits of Gibraltar and the first British woman to swim the English Channel. The name of Mercedes Gleitze was used to market Rolex's new waterproof case, the \"Oyster\". She established endurance records for swimming including a record of 46 hours in 1932. She was able to raise funds to found the Mercedes Gleitze Homes in Leicester via sponsorship. The Mercedes Gleitze charity is now linked to the Family Action charity."
tagline: "British swimmer (1900-1981)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mercedes_Gleitz_portrait_crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1900-11-18"
deathDate: "1981-02-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.609941333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A2%85%E8%B3%BD%E5%BE%B7%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E6%A0%BC%E8%90%8A%E8%8C%B2"
    title: "梅賽德斯·格萊茲"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_Gleitze"
    title: "Mercedes Gleitze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_Gleitze"
    title: "Mercedes Gleitze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_Gleitze"
    title: "Mercedes Gleitze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_Gleitze"
    title: "Mercedes Gleitze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B4%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%88%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%86"
    title: "മെഴ്‌സിഡസ് ഗ്ലൈറ്റ്സെ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_Gleitze"
    title: "Mercedes Gleitze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1921388"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump