A Paralympic gold medallist became the first blind woman to swim across the English Channel – and says that ... “I never thought it would be possible to achieve something like this.

Ridley plays competitive swimmer Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle in Young Woman And The Sea, which follows her journey to become the first woman to swim across the English Channel in 1926.

For an athlete of her accomplishments—which include an Olympic gold medal, numerous world records, and the distinction of being the first woman to swim across the English Channel—Trudy Ederle ...

She’s already swum from San Francisco to Alcatraz, and has eyed the English Channel since she was 12. A Yellow Springs woman is planning to swim across the English Channel, both for her 50th ...

At this point, Merhige was already several hours into her 27-mile swim across ... the Moloka’i Channel in Hawaii, the Catalina Channel off the coast of Los Angeles, and the English Channel ...