who was the first woman to swim across the five continents?
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Bula Chowdhury - recently she became an MLA
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butterfly stroke is my best swimming stroke.its very easy too!
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In the Ancient Olympic Games, women were forbidden to take part. Married women were forbidden to even enter the competition areas as spectators. If they were caught, the punishment was death. Therefore, they created their own Games dedicated to the goddess Hera. Hera was the sister-wife of Zeus. The Olympic Games were dedicated to Zeus. \nWhen the Olympic Games were revived in 1896 even the founder himself, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, did not agree with women's participation in the Games. This issue was the topic of much debate between the initial members of the IOC. However, women did not take part in the Games until 1900 in Paris. It was here that Britain's Charlotte Cooper became the first female gold medallist in the tennis singles competition. Only one other sport saw women's participation in 1900, golf. \n\nIn London at the 1908 Games there were 36 women competitors in the figure skating and tennis events. After these Games and a recommendation from the British Olympic Association that women swimmers, divers and gymnasts be allowed to compete in future Games, the Swedish Organising Committee included two swimming events and one diving contest for women at the 1912 Stockholm Games. \n\nFinally, in 1924 the IOC decided to allow a larger participation of women in the Games. However, there was little evidence of this even by the 1936 Games in Berlin where there were only four sports available to women. \n\nIt was not until after the 1948 Games in London that there was a clearly marked increase in the participation of women in sport around the world. Nevertheless, there were only 5 women's sports in London and 6 sports by the 1968 Games in Mexico. \n\nAfter the 1976 Games, finally a large increase in the number of sports offered to women began to appear. At the 1996 Atlanta Games there were 26 sports and 97 events open to women, which is still far below the 163 events open to men. \n\nHighlights (Source: The Olympic Education Kit, Australian Olympic Committee) \n\n1896 At the first Olympic Games, a Greek woman called Melpomene became the first female to run an unofficial marathon in 4 hours and 30 minutes. \n1900 Tennis player Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain became the first female Olympic champion in the tennis singles. \n1908 Yachtswoman, Frances Clytie Rivett-Carnac and her husband win gold, making her the first woman in any event to win in a competition with men. \n1912 Swimmer, Fanny Durack first woman to win gold in a world-record time. \n1928 The collapse of several runners at the end of the 800m saw the race declared dangerous for women and banned. \n1948 Triumphant Fanny Blakers-Koen of the Netherlands breaks new ground as the first mother successful at the Olympic Games. She won four gold medals in the 100m, 200m, 4 x 100m relay and 100m hurdles. \n1952 The first women ever to compete in equestrian sport (against men). \n1956 The first woman, Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo (Italy), in Olympic history to take the athletes' oath at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games. \n1968 Mexico's Enriqueta Basilio becomes the first woman to light the Olympic flame in the stadium. The 800m women's event is re-instated. \n1972 70 year old British equestrian competitor, Lorna Johnstone became the oldest ever female Olympian. \n1973 The IOC decided that women could be proposed as IOC members. \n1980 The greatest mother-daughter Olympic success - when Soviet runner Irin Nazarova, daughter of 1952 discus medallist Elizabeth Bagrinaseva, won gold in the relay. \n1981 Pirjo Haggman (Finland) and Flor Isava-Fonseca (Venezuela) became the first women IOC members. \n1982 Dame Mary Glen-Haig (Great Britain) was elected member of the IOC. \n1984 Princess Nora of Liechtenstein was elected member of the IOC. Joan Benoit (USA) wins the first women's Olympic marathon. \n1988 HRH the Princess Royal (Great Britain) was elected member of the IOC. Tennis returns to the Games, with the inequitable agreement that f
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5 oceans : from the largest to the smallest: the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean.
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Swimming has been an Olymipic sport since 1896. It has been open to Women since 1912.
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James E. Counsilman was the head swim coach for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and his book "The Science of Swimming" discussed training of various world class swimmers from this time period.\n\nI believe the successful training programs of this time emphasized long slow distance and fartleks .... moderate paced activity with intervals of speed work. \n\nBest wishes !
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Tethys\n\nTethys is the wife of Oceanus. Together they produced the rivers and the three thousand ocean nymphs.
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Mahruki summited Mount Everest (8,850 m.) on May 15, 1995 as the first ever Turkish and Muslim personThe first official Turkish Everest expedition included 6 (out of 9) climbers from Turkey who had already climbed over 8000 meters. Among them were two female athletes who were the first Turkish women to climb an 8000er. \n\nTeam members were: Bora Mavis, Burcak Ozoglu Pocan (female), Eylem Elif Mavis (female), Hakan Kocakulak, Haldun Ulkenli, Meltem Colak Ozmine, Mustafa Cihan, Serhan Pocan, Serkan Girgin, Soner Buyukatalay, and Suna Yilmaz. \n\nI was unable to gather the actual number,.In all 1500+ people from various nationalities haev climbed The Everest.
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Jeff Larson\n\nhttp://www.chaffeybreeze.com/media/storage/paper257/news/2005/07/12/Sports/Fastest.Swimmer.In.The.Nation-961662.shtml?norewrite200606080604&sourcedomain=www.chaffeybreeze.com
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alexander popov(russia)...21.64\ninge de bruijn(netherlands)...24.13\nthese are long course meters times, but world records exist for every type of pool.
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Th Great White Shark migrates to warmer waters each fall (autumn) and back again in the spring.\n\nAccording to the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society, one female great white shark tagged in waters off South Africa completed the first known transoceanic trip for an individual shark, traveling farther than any other shark known, more than 12,400 miles (more than 20,000 kilometers) to the coast of Australia and back again. The shark was named Nicole (for Nicole Kidman, a well-known shark lover). Awwwwww!
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the US has some very young, but very strong swimmers surfacing.   three notable ones are kate ziegler, katie hoff, jessica hardy.  natalie coughlin, amanda beard, libby lenton, and inge bruijn are among the best also.  there is no clear top female right now.
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You might try the Guinness book of world records:\nWoman,Oldest Woman Ever\nThe oldest fully authenticated age to which any human has ever lived is 122 years and 164 days, by Jeanne-Louise Calment. She was born in France on February 21, 1875, and died at a nursing home in Arles, southern France on August 4, 1997. President Jacques Chirac once said Jean Calment was a little bit like a grandmother to everyone in France. She was 14 when the Eiffel Tower was completed in 1889. She led an extremely active life, taking up fencing at 85 years old, and was still riding a bicycle at 100. She portrayed herself at the age of 114 in the film Vincent And Me, to become the oldest actress in film.\nMan,Oldest man ever\nThe greatest age to which any man has ever lived is 120 years 237 days in the case of Shigechiyo Izumi (Japan) of Isen on Tokunoshima, an island 1,320 km (820 miles) south-west of Tokyo, Japan. He was born at Isen on 29 June 1865 and was recorded as a 6-year-old in Japan's first census of 1871. He died at 12:15 GMT on 21 February 1986 after developing pneumonia.\n\nCentenarians surviving beyond their 113th year are extremely rare and the present absolute proven limit of human longevity does not yet admit of anyone living to celebrate their 123rd birthday.
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I love travelling too. I've always wanted to visit Venus, Italy. I've always been intrigued by pictures of a city surrounded by water.
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FINA, (The Federation International de Natation) is the world governing body for swimming and diving. \n\nThe current FINA offical world record for the Olympic sized 50 meter pool for 50 meters Freestyle swimming was set by  Alexander Popov of Ruussia at a time of 21.64 Sec on June 16, 2000 Moscow, RUS. The womens record is 24.13 Sec.\n\nFor the shorter Jr. Olympic size 25 meter pool more commonly used throughout America the record in 50 meter Freestyle is held by Fred Bousquet of France at 21.10 seconds on March 25, 2004 East Meadow, USA. \n\nOther 50 meter records for strokes such as the Butterfly or the Backstroke can be found below on the FINA records website page. Roland Schoeman of South Africa is currently  ranked as the #1 swimmer in the world in the 50 meters Long course freestyle with a current competition best time of 22.03 Seconds.
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There is a timeline here:\nhttp://www.worldwideaquatics.com/historyswim.htm\n\nwhich says that the egyptians use hieroglyphs depicting swimming as early as 2500 BC\n\nand a much more detailed website here:\nhttp://home.comcast.net/~hot_tub/history-of-swimming.htm
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The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceans (after the Pacific Ocean, but larger than the Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Arctic Ocean).