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Date of Birth
Gertrude was born in New York City, New York -
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Gertrude Ederle
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Childhood Life
As a teen Ederle left school to swim competively at the Womens Swimming Assocation and she won her first award at the age of 16. -
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Getting better
Held 29 national and ametuer swimming records -
How she got attention
Ederle grabbed world attention when she entered the Joseph P. Day Cup a 3 1/2-mile race across New York Bay. -
The Olympics
Gertrude Ederle competed in the Olympics Games in Paris where her team won three medals for freestlye. -
Huge champion
Held 29 national and world ametuer swimming records -
The Big Training starts
Ederle started to train to swim through the English Channel between England and the European mainline -
Holding titles
She was placed into the International Swimming Hall of Fame -
Another reward
She was also placed in the Women’s Sports Hall of Fame -
The Death of Ederle
Her death was placed in Wyckoff, New Jersey. She died at the age of 98 -
Still Important to this day
When Gertrude Ederle swam in the English Channel, I was so suprised that, that was a thing. It's awesome when a women accomplishes a goal because men had more a dynamic role in the world back in the 1900's. It's really cool how it's slowly changing in the 21st Century.
