Greta Andersen

Greta Andersen (born May 1, 1927) is a Danish swimmer and olympic champion, later settled in Long Beach, California. She competed at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, where she received a gold medal in "100 m freestyle", and a silver medal in "4 × 100 m freestyle relay". [http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=12&sp=SWI "1948 Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Swimming"] – "databaseOlympics.com" (Retrieved on May 3, 2008)]

Channel swimmer

Greta Andersen set the women's speed records both ways in the English Channel. (From France to England: 11 hours and 1 minute, and from England to France: 13 hours and 10 minutes).

She was the first person to swim the Santa Catalina Channel both ways.

World records

She set a world record in "100 yards" in 1949, which was unbeaten until 1956. She set world records in "10 miles" and in "25 miles".

Awards

She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1969. [http://www.ishof.org/Honorees/class/honorees1969.html "ISHOF 1969 Honorees"] – "International Swimming Hall of Fame" (Retrieved on May 3, 2008)] [http://www.ishof.org/Honorees/69/69gandersen.html "GRETA ANDERSEN (DEN) – 1969 Honor Swimmer"] – "International Swimming Hall of Fame" (Retrieved on May 3, 2008)]

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