[DOC] [TLE] Florence Chadwick - Queen of the Channel [PAR] Florence Chadwick congratulating Bill Pickering, who had just broken her World 
record by 36 minutes. ... France to England: 26/7/1950 (failed), 8/8/1950 (success
) ... FOR THE RECORD: First woman to swim the English Channel both ways, 
1950 ... remarkable women Channel swimmers Ederle 1926 and Chadwick 1950
. [DOC] [TLE] ISHOF.org | FLORENCE CHADWICK [PAR] FOR THE RECORD: First woman to swim the English Channel both ways, 1950 
... by the remarkable women Channel swimmers Ederle 1926 and Chadwick 
1950. ... in the Persian Gulf while saving her money for a Channel try, Florence 
Chadwick ... On August 8, she left Cape Gris Nez, France and crawled ashore at 
Dover,... [DOC] [TLE] Florence Chadwick - Wikipedia [PAR] 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 ... 
In 1950 she attempted to enter a 1950 Channel-swimming contest... [DOC] [TLE] Swimming The English Channel In The 20th Century | - Flashbak [PAR] Nov 21, 2014 ... Florence Chadwick, 32, year old San Diego, California, swimmer, lands at ... 8, 
1950, at the end of her record-breaking swim across the English ... swim across 
the English Channel, England, on Aug. 8, 1950. ... Chadwick broke the women's 
record of 14 hours and 34 minutes set in 1926 by Gertrude Ederle. [DOC] [TLE] Jeopary Question, 1950s WOMEN - TriviaBistro.com [PAR] Jeopardy Question: 1950s WOMEN - On August 8, 1950 Florence Chadwick 
broke her 1926 English Channel swim record. [DOC] [TLE] Gertrude Ederle, the First Woman to Swim Across the English ... [PAR] Dec 1, 2003 ... In what might have been an anticipation of her Channel swim, she swam ... 6, 
1926, Ederle, smeared with sheep grease, waded into the English ... Ederle 
always held that her record was never broken, even though in 1950, another 
American, Florence Chadwick, swam the Channel in 13 hours 20 minutes. [DOC] [TLE] Florence Chadwick: A Synonym For The Womens Endurance [PAR] Sep 10, 2013 ... On 6 August 1926 Gertrude was the first woman to swim the English Channel. 
Her swim from France to England not only broke the previous 'male' record by ... 
until the early 1950s for Florence Chadwick to break Ederle's female record. ... 
On August 8 1950, Florence entered the water at Cape Gris-Nez in... [DOC] [TLE] California Typist Breaks Channel Record As Shirley Mae Fails Again ... [PAR] ... Stanford Daily 9 August 1950 > California Typist Breaks Channel Record As 
Shirley Mae ... 8 (UP) A 31 - year - old California typist broke Gertrude Ederle's 
... after midnight, Florence Chadwick, professional rough - water swimmer from 
San ... was pulled into her pilot boat as she floundered five miles from the English
... [DOC] [TLE] Florence Chadwick - Revolvy [PAR] Chadwick entered swimming competitions from a young age, scoring her first win 
... On August 8, 1950, at the age of 31, she crossed the English Channel from .... 
In 1951 she broke the women's world record for swimming the English Channel . 
.... Crossings Years Held Title Gertrude Ederle 1 1926-1953 Florence Chadwick... [DOC] [TLE] Dover Solo - Gertrude Ederle [PAR] Gertrude Ederle sobbed bitterly as her swimming coach, Jabez Wolffe, pulled her 
out of the freezing waters of the English Channel on August 18, 1925. ... On 
August 6, 1926, she put on an outfit designed for her by her most faithful ..... 
before it was broken in 1950 by Florence Chadwick, who negotiated 23 miles in 
13 hours... [DOC] [TLE] On This Day In Sports: August 6, 1926: Gertude Ederle Becomes ... [PAR] Aug 6, 2013 ... The previous record was held by an Italian swimmer by the name of ... swam the 
channel before Ederle completed the historic

Question: On August 8, 1950 Florence Chadwick broke her 1926 English Channel swim record
Answer: Gertrude Ederle