What is Florence Chadwick?
'''Florence May Chadwick''' (November 9, 1918 &ndash; March 15, 1995<ref>Susan Ware, ''Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Completing the Twentieth Century'' (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 2004), p. 110</ref>) was an [[Americans|American]] [[swimmer]]. She was known for long-distance swimming. At age 10 she was the first child to swim the [[Santa Catalina Island|Catalina Channel]].<ref name=Edelson38>Paula Edelson, ''A to Z of American Women in Sports'' (New York: Facts on File, 2002), p. 38</ref> Chadwick was the first woman to swim the [[English Channel]] in both directions.<ref name=Edelson38/> She set a time record each time. She was the first woman to swim the [[Straits of Gibraltar]], the [[Bosporus]] (one way), and the [[Dardanelles]] (round trip). == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chadwick, Florence}} [[Category:American swimmers]] [[Category:1918 births]] [[Category:1995 deaths]] [[Category:Sportspeople from San Diego, California]] {{multistub|US-bio|sports-bio}}