What is Vera Neave?
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Vera Neave | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = British | strokes = | sport = swimming | club = Jersey Swimming Club<br>Enfield Ladies Club | coach = [[David Billington]]<br>her father | birth_date = {{birth year|1893}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = <!-- {{convert|x.xx|m|ftin|abbr=on}} --> | weight = <!-- {{convert|xx|kg|lb st|abbr=on}} --> | show-medals =yes | medaltemplates = }} '''Vera Neave''' (born 1893) was a British [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] in the early 20th century. She was multiple times world record holders. ==Swimming== ===Affiliations=== Neave was a member of the Jersey Swimming Club trained by [[David Billington]]. Later she was a memver of the Enfield Ladies Club in London, where she was trained by her father.<ref name=Velez /> ===Achievements=== On 5 August 1911 she won the first women's edition of the open water race in [[London]]. Of the 18 participants, 12 finished the course. Neave swam the 15 miles in a time of 4 hours 9:39.6 minutes.<ref name=Velez /> On 18 August 1912 she broke the 1 mile world record. with a time of 31: 41.8. The next year she broke the 2 miles world record with a time of 1 hour 1:15.4 minutes in a swimming pool in [[Liverpool]]. In 1915 she finished at the {{ill|Traversée de Paris à la nage|fr}} fifth of the twenty participants. In 1918 she holds two more world records. She is the 440 yards record holder with a time of 6:57.8 and the 550 yards world record holder with a time of 7:52. In August 1921 she beated again the 1 mile world record, now with a time of 21:41.8.<ref name=Velez>{{cite web|last=Velez|first=Anne|url=https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00608847/PDF/TheseVELEZ.pdf |title= LES FILLES DE L’EAU. UNE HISTOIRE DES FEMMES ET DE LA NATATION EN FRANCE(1905-1939)|work=Université d’Angers|