death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name
skopje , republic of macedonia 28 december 2010 ohrid , sfr yugoslavia 13 march 1944 atina bojadži
 atina bojadži
atina bojadži

atina bojadži -lrb- ; 13 march 1944 -- 28 december 2010 -rrb- was a yugoslav marathon swimmer who crossed the english channel in 1969 , being the first yugoslav to do so .
nicknamed the `` ohrid dolphin '' after her lakeside hometown , bojadži won several national and international long-distance swimming races .
she became the first woman from former yugoslavia to swim across the english channel in 1969 .
the achievement inspired a 1977 movie about her life and earned her sporting honors in her native macedonia after it declared independence in 1991 .
