About the Series Gertrude Ederle (1905-2003), at age 15, became the first woman to swim the length of New York Bay and, in 1924, won three medals at the Paris Olympics.

The 36-year-old swimmer and his brother Joe Zemaitis set off from Santa Cruz around 7 p.m. on Tuesday hoping to become the first men to complete the 25.1 mile swim across the bay using "English ...

A Paralympic gold medallist became the first blind woman to swim across the English Channel – and says that “nothing is impossible.” Melanie Barratt, 49, took on the challenge after falling ...

When he became the first person to swim the English Channel, Captain Matthew Webb secured his place in the history books. To this day braving the perilous 21-mile stretch of sea is still ...

In 1875, Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel (that we know about, at least), and since then, fewer than 2,000 other people have completed successful solo crossings.

Andrew Rees, who became the first deaf man to swim the English Channel solo, is urging more people with the disability to challenge themselves. The Welshman, 48, who represented Great Britain's ...

Andrew Rees has become the first deaf man to swim the English Channel solo. The Welshman, 48, who represented Great Britain's deaf swimming team in the 1990s, completed the crossing shortly before ...

A British man has become the first amputee to swim the North Channel from Northern Ireland to Scotland solo. Jonty Warneken, who lost his left leg after a car crash in 1994, completed the feat in ...

In 1926, she became the first woman to swim the English Channel from France to England. Ederle’s remarkable achievement has nearly been forgotten and overlooked in the 100 years since it happened.

On 6 August 1926, Ederle swam out into the English Channel again. This time she was wearing a swimsuit of her own design – a ...

Cheyanne Boddicker, 27, a Tipton High School and University of Iowa graduate, chalks up her 15-hour, 39-minute swim across the English Channel as her "Olympic dream." ...