Ethelda Bliebtrey
Ethelda Bliebtrey (Swimming. Born, Waterford, NY, Feb. 27, 1902; died, West Palm Beach, FL, May 6, 1978.) When what was a coastal life-saving service during World War I was converted into the Women’s...
View ArticleCharlotte Boyle Clune
Charlotte Boyle Clune (Swimming. Born, Brooklyn, NY, Aug. 20, 1899; died, Scottsville, NY, Oct. 3, 1990.) A leader among the early stars of the Women’s Swimming Association of New York, Charlotte...
View ArticleGertrude Ederle
Gertrude Ederle (Swimming. Born, New York, NY, Oct. 23, 1906; died, Wyckoff, NJ, Nov. 30, 2003.) As the youngest athlete ever to set a world record in a major sport, the first woman to swim the...
View ArticleCharlotte Epstein
Charlotte Epstein (Swimming. Born, New York, NY, Sept. 17, 1884; died, New York, NY, Aug. 26, 1938.) Of the true pioneers of athletics for women, Charlotte Epstein ranks near the top. Epstein was...
View ArticleLou Handley
Lou Handley (Swimming. Born, Rome, Italy, 1874; died, New York, NY, Dec. 28, 1956.) Though something of an athlete himself in his youth, Louis deBreda Handley achieved his greatest fame after...
View ArticleHelen Meany
Helen Meany (Swimming. Born, New York, NY, Dec. 5, 1904; died, Old Greenwich, CT, July 21, 1991.) Winning her first national title at age 16, Helen Meany (later Mrs. Gravis) was the first American...
View ArticleMartha Norelius
Martha Norelius (Swimming. Born, Stockholm, Sweden, Jan. 20, 1908; died, St. Louis, MO, Sept. 23, 1955.) Coming to the U.S. as a child with her swimming coach father (Charles), Martha Norelius was...
View ArticleEleanor Holm
Eleanor Holm (Swimming. Born, Brooklyn, NY, Dec. 6, 1912; died, Miami, FL, Jan. 31, 2004.) Eleanor Holm first gained fame as the finest woman backstroke swimmer in the world, and subsequently helped...
View ArticleBob Kiphuth
Bob Kiphuth (Swimming. Born, Tonawanda, NY, Nov. 17, 1890; died, New Haven, CT, Jan. 7, 1967.) For decades the most celebrated and successful swimming coach in the U.S., Robert John Herman Kiphuth...
View ArticleCristina Teuscher
Cristina Teuscher (Swimming. Born, The Bronx, NY, Mar. 12, 1978.) Seldom, if ever, has an individual overwhelmed her sport in a league as Columbia’s Cristina Teuscher dominated Ivy League women’s...
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