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Olsen, Edmund Valther - 22/08/1950
Swimmer(s)
Olsen, Edmund Valther
Date
22/08/1950
Duration of swim
06:00
Notes
First Daily Mail Race
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Daily Mail
(47)
Poulsen, Gunnar - 24/08/1958
Swimmer(s)
Poulsen, Gunnar
Date
24/08/1958
Duration of swim
15:01
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Poulsen, Gunnar - 27/08/1959
Swimmer(s)
Poulsen, Gunnar
Date
27/08/1959
Duration of swim
00:00
Notes
Did Not Start
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Winckler, Miss Asta - 06/08/1938
Description
Woman Fails In English Channel Swim LONDON, Saturday - Because of a recurrence of a leg injury, which compelled her to swim with her arms only for several hours, Asta Winckler, the Danish girl, was forced to abandoned her effort to swim the English Channel when she was 16 miles from the French coast. Miss Winckler, who weighs 20 stone, had been 15 hours in a rough sea
Swimmer(s)
Winckler, Miss Asta
Date
06/08/1938
Duration of swim
15:00
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
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