Florence Chadwick
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican swimmer (1918-1995)
United StatesLived 1918 to 1995 · aged 76Fame51.6
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Florence May Chadwick was an American swimmer known for long-distance open water swimming. She was the first woman to swim across the English Channel in both directions, setting a time record each time.
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Florence May Chadwick was an American swimmer known for long-distance open water swimming. She was the first woman to swim across the English Channel in both directions, setting a time record each time. She was also the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel, the Straits of Gibraltar, the Bosporus, and the Dardanelles.
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Lived 1918 to 1995 · aged 76
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