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„Sie schwamm gegen den Strom“: Neues Buch erzählt Trudy Ederles Geschichte

1926 durchschwamm Gertrude Ederle als erste Frau der Welt den Ärmelkanal. Kai Bliesener erinnert in einer Romanbiografie an die Amerikanerin mit schwäbischen Wurzeln, die im Bissinger See schwimmen lernte.
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Orig. caption... Gertrude Ederle, youthful American swimming champion, leaving Cape Gris Nez on her attempt to be the first woman to swim across the English Channel. Photo shows Miss Ederly entering the water for the long grind, with her goggles to protect her eyes from the continued irritation of the salt water, one of the most painful handicaps the Channel swimmer has to overcome, and the heavy coat of grease over the entire body to help her to combat the intense cold of the Channel water. Orig. caption... GIRL SWIMS CHANNEL IN RECORD TIME. For the first time in history the English Channel has been swum by a girl Miss Gertrude Ederle, the 18 year old American athlete. Miss Ederle reached the English coast from France in 14 1/2 hours, two PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxDENxNORxSWExFIN Copyright: xXxXxXx CHANNEL SWIMMER

Vor 100 Jahren stieg Trudy Ederle ins Meer, um den Ärmelkanal zu durchschwimmen.

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