[DOC] [TLE] List of successful English Channel swimmers - Wikipedia [PAR] This is a list of notable successful swims across the English Channel. Contents. [
hide]. 1 First ... Gertrude Ederle's successful cross-channel swim began at Gris 
Nez in ... making her the first woman to complete the crossing and setting the 
record for ... She was one of three swimmers who were trying to make the swim 
across... [DOC] [TLE] Gertrude Ederle, the First Woman to Swim Across the English ... [PAR] Dec 1, 2003 ... They had to take Ederle seriously, because she beat the records of the five men 
who ... She called herself a ''water baby'' and said that over the years, she was ... 
In what might have been an anticipation of her Channel swim, she swam ... 6, 
1926, Ederle, smeared with sheep grease, waded into the English... [DOC] [TLE] Tahoe WeeklyMyrtle Huddleston: First to swim across Lake Tahoe ... [PAR] Sep 9, 2015 ... She lost 12 pounds of body weight in the ordeal. ... to swim across the lake from 
Nevada to its hotel near Tahoe City. ... Huddleston had taken her first swimming 
class in 1926 at the age of 30 in the interest of losing weight. ... She had one 
setback in 1929 when she failed to swim across the English Channel. [DOC] [TLE] 8 Incredible Swimming Feats | Britannica.com [PAR] This Encyclopedia Britannica list features 8 incredible feats of swimming. ... Later 
stage of cellular development with 12 cells within a clear cell membrane, against 
blue ... 6Gertrude Ederle crosses the English Channel in record time (1926) ... 
Yet she somehow managed to defend her Olympic title in Tokyo that summer,... [DOC] [TLE] Gertrude Ederle. First woman to swim the English Channel in 1926 ... [PAR] First woman to swim the English Channel in 1926 (beating the men's record by 
one ... she stood up for right and I will forever be indebted to her for showing me 
its ok to be .... died when her long scarf caught on the wheel of a car, breaking 
her neck. ...... Gertrude Ederle: "People said women couldn't swim the Channel, 
but I... [DOC] [TLE] Gertrude Ederle. First woman to swim the English Channel in 1926 ... [PAR] First woman to swim the English Channel in 1926 (beating the men's record by ... 
Instead, she prosecuted her attackers and used compensation money to start ..... [
Read Lynn Yaeger's Vogue.com article in its entirety here.] ..... Gertrude Ederle, 
1930 "People said women couldn't swim the Channel but I proved they could". [DOC] [TLE] return to the water  Kate Davies Designs [PAR] Sep 8, 2016 ... In 1908, after attempting to go for a swim in her woollen unitard on a beach ... sort 
of watery activity while wearing one was, she said, like swimming in a ball gown. 
.... and reached shore in a record-breaking fourteen hours, thirty-one ... (Gertrude 
Ederle prior to her successful English Channel swim of 1926. [DOC] [TLE] 50 Extraordinary Women You Won't Believe Actually Exist [PAR] May 25, 2016 ... It's likely that the women in your day to day life are pretty. ... including the liver, 
have lost some of their natural protection - but she isn't worried. She said: "Before 
if I was in a car crash I would normally break my ribs. .... she found she could now 
reach 12mm - breaking her own record and keeping the title. [DOC] [TLE] 10 Heaviest People in the World (fattest people in the world ... - Oddee [PAR] Apr 19, 2012 ... She wished to attain a target weight of 1,000 pounds (450 kg). ... pounds (273 kg)
, down from her weight of 630 pounds (290 kg) in ... In 2010, she won the 
Guinness World Records for the "Heaviest ... to leave his bed since 2001, Uribe 
lost approximately 400 lbs. .... 12 Hilarious Pictures of Pinterest Fails. [DOC] [TLE] History of swimming section  Mary Donahue [PAR] One source says the first Olympics swimming was only four events, three of

Question: It's said she lost 12 lbs. during her record-setting 1926 swim of the English Channel
Answer: (Gertrude) Ederle