Gertrude Caroline Ederle (October 23, 1905 – November 30, 2003) was an American competitive swimmer. In 1926, she became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. from http://memory. ... Swimming has been a sport at every modern Summer Olympics. ... The Games of the VIII Olympiad were held in 1924 in Paris, France. ... Medals Awarded Swimming Gertrude Ederle Gold in 400 meter freestyle relay Bronze in 400 meter freestyle Bronze in 100 meter freestyle External link 1924 olympics medalists - from CBS Categories: Olympic stubs ... The Games of the VIII Olympiad were held in 1924 in Paris, France. ... Medals Awarded Swimming Gertrude Ederle Gold in 400 meter freestyle relay Bronze in 400 meter freestyle Bronze in 100 meter freestyle External link 1924 olympics medalists - from CBS Categories: Olympic stubs ... The Games of the VIII Olympiad were held in 1924 in Paris, France. ... Medals Awarded Swimming Gertrude Ederle Gold in 400 meter freestyle relay Bronze in 400 meter freestyle Bronze in 100 meter freestyle External link 1924 olympics medalists - from CBS Categories: Olympic stubs ... is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1905 (disambiguation). ... is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Swimmer redirects here. ... For the Thoroughbred racehorse of the same name, see English Channel (horse). ...

Gertrude was the daughter of a German immigrant who ran a delicatessen on Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan. She was known as Trudy as a youthcitation needed; her father gave her permission to bob her hair if she expressed an interest in swimming. Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ... This article is about food stores. ... Tenth Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... [citation needed] Main article: Category:Articles lacking sources This tag will categorise tagged articles into Category:Articles lacking sources but not this template itself. ...

She trained at the Women's Swimming Association, which produced such competitors as Eleanor Holm and Esther Williams. She joined the club when she was only fifteen. From this time Gertrude began to break and establish more amateur records than any other woman in the world. Eleanor G. Holm (December 6, 1913 - January 31, 2004) was an American swimmer. ... Esther Jane Williams (born August 8, 1921[1][2] or 1922[3]) is a retired United States competitive swimmer and movie star, famous for her musical films that featured elaborate performances with swimming and diving. ... For the 1994 film, see Amateur (film). ...

At the 1924 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal as a part of the US 400-meter freestyle relay team and bronze medals for finishing third in the 100-meter and 400-meter freestyle races. The Games of the VIII Olympiad were held in 1924 in Paris, France. ... Freestyle is one of the official swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. However, it is technically not a style, as there are very few regulations about the way freestyle has to be swum. ...

In 1925, Ederle swam a 21-mile crossing across Lower New York Bay, from Manhattan to Sandy Hook, taking over seven hours. Later that year, she made her first attempt at swimming the Channel, but she was disqualified when a trainer grabbed her after she began coughing. Lower New York Bay is the section of New York Bay outside of the Narrows and open directly to the Atlantic Ocean. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... Sandy Hook from the top of Twin Lights Lighthouse, Highlands, NJ. Sandy Hook is a narrow coastal spit of land, approximately 6 miles in length and 0. ...

Her famous cross-channel swim began at Cap Gris-Nez in France at 07:05 on the morning of August 6, 1926. Fourteen hours and 30 minutes later, she came ashore at Kingsdown, England. Her record stood until Florence Chadwick swam the channel in 1950 in 13 hours and 20 minutes. Sunset at Cape Gris Nez Cape Gris Nez Cap Gris Nez is a cape on the Côte dOpale, in the Pas-de-Calais département, in northern France. ... is the 218th day of the year (219th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Florence May Chadwick (born November 9, 1918 – died March 15, 1995) was an American swimmer who was the first woman ever to cross the English Channel both ways. ...

Gertrude possessed a contract from both the New York Daily News and Chicago Tribune when she attempted the Channel swim a second time. The money she received paid her expenses and provided her with a modest salary. It also gave her a bonus in exchange for exclusive rights to her personal story. The Journal News and the Chicago Tribune got the jump on every other newspaper in America. Another American swimmer in France in 1926 to try and swim the Channel was Lillian Cannon from Baltimore. She was sponsored by the Baltimore Post and this led to much rivalry between her and Ederle in the weeks spent training off the French coast. In addition to Cannon, two other American women - Clarabelle Barrett and Mille Gade - were training in England with the goal of becoming the first woman to swim the Channel. Barrett and Cannon were unsuccessful but three weeks after Ederle's feat, Gade crossed in a time that was 50 minutes slower. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... // The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois and owned by the Tribune Company. ... // The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois and owned by the Tribune Company. ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American...

The people alongside Ederle aboard the tug on August 6, 1926 included her father and one of her sisters, Margaret, and Julie Harpman, a writer for the New York Daily News, the paper that sponsored Ederle's swim. Harpman refused to allow any other reporters on the tug - in order to protect her 'scoop' - and as a result a second tug was hired by the disgruntled reporters. On several occasions during the swim this tug deliberately came in close to Ederle in the hope she would touch it and thereby be disqualified. Fortunately, Ederle didn't, but the incident caused much bitterness subsequently. It also led to accusations in the British press, that the two tugs had in fact sheltered Ederle from the bad weather and thus made her swim 'easier'. is the 218th day of the year (219th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

During her twelfth hour at sea, Gertrude had become so bothered by unfavorable winds that her trainer, Thomas Burgess, called to her Gertie, you must come out! The exhausted swimmer lifted her head from the choppy waters and replied, What for? Trainer may refer to: An aircraft trainer used for training pilots. ...

Only five men had been able to swim the English Channel before Ederle. The best time had been 16 hours, 33 minutes by an Italian-born Argentine, Enrique Tiraboschi. Ederle walked up the beach at Dover, England after 14 hours and 31 minutes. The first person to greet her was a British immigration officer who requested a passport from "the bleary-eyed, waterlogged teenager." Argentina is a country in southern South America, situated between the Andes in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east. ... Arms of Dover Borough Council This article is about the English port. ... For Microsoft Corporation’s “universal login” service, formerly known as Microsoft Passport Network, see Windows Live ID. For other types of travel document, see Travel document. ...

Parade for Ederle, coming up Broadway

When Ederle returned home, she was greeted with a ticker-tape parade in New York City. She went on to play herself in a movie (Swim Girl, Swim) and tour the vaudeville circuit, including Billy Rose's Aquacade. She met President Coolidge and had a song and a dance step named for her. Unfortunately, her manager, through a combination of incompetence and duplicity, mishandled her showbiz career and Ederle failed to reap the rewards she deserved. She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1965. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2547x2866, 2071 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Gertrude Ederle Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2547x2866, 2071 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Gertrude Ederle Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Ticker-tape parade in New York City in honor of the Apollo 11 astronauts, August 1969 A ticker-tape parade is a parade event, held in a downtown urban setting, allowing the jettison of large amounts of shredded paper products from nearby office buildings onto the parade route, creating a... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the musical variety theatre. ... Billy Roses Aquacade was a music, dance and swimming show produced by Billy Rose at the Great Lakes Exposition in 1937. ... John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. ... The International Swimming Hall of Fame, located on the Atlantic Ocean beachfront in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, is a Hall of Fame dedicated to promoting the sport of swimming and immortalising the achievements and contributions of those who have distinguished themselves in the following four branches of aquatic sports: competitive...

Ederle had poor hearing since childhood due to measles, and by the 1940s she was completely deaf. She spent the rest of her life teaching swimming to deaf children. She died on November 30, 2003 in Wyckoff, New Jersey, at the age of 98 and was interred in the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York. is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map highlighting Wyckoffs location within Bergen County. ... Located in The Bronx, Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in New York City. ... The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States. ...

References

Mortimer, Gavin, 'The Great Swim', Walker Books, Feb 2008. A stunning account of the race to become the first woman to swim the Channel.

Lamparski, Richard, Whatever Became Of...?, Ace Books, 1967, pp. 72-73. she was honored in NYC for her historic swim

External links

• Another biography of Ederle with several photos

Records
Preceded by  Ethelda Bleibtrey (USA)	Women's 100 metre freestyle world record holder (long course) June 30, 1923 – July 19, 1924	Succeeded by  Mariechen Wehselau (USA)