Florence Chadwick
Rating
Title
Florence Chadwick
Subject
Swimmers Swimming Swimming pools
Description
Florence Chadwick leaning out of the pool surrounded by admirers , and Mike Peppe the Ohio State University (1931-1962) and Olympic Team (1948 , 1952 , 1956 , 1960) Swimming and Diving coach . Florence May Chadwick (November 9 , 1918 – March 15 , 1995) was an American swimmer known for long-distance open water swimming . She was the first woman to swim 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 (one way) , and the Dardanelles (round trip) .
Creator
Photographer : Herb Topy
Date of Original
May 8 , 1953
Time Period
1951-1960
Location
Columbus ; Franklin County ; Ohio
Identifier
5040 Florence Chadwick swimmer 5-8-53 050.jpg
Building Type
Sports-Other
Collection
Columbus Memory
Collection Web Site
www.columbusjewishhistory.org
Submitting Donor/Loaner
Columbus Jewish Historical Society
Rights
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Searchable Date
1953
Format
Picture Negative
Language
ENG
Media Type
Jpeg 2000
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