Search swimsCurrently displaying: 5 results You've searched for:Nationality: "Germany" xSurname: "K" xDirection: "France-England" x Field to search All fieldsSuccessful swim numberSuccessful swimmer numberSwim ranking (England-France)Swim ranking (France-England) Search term Filter by Year 1926 (1)1932 (1)1933 (2)1934 (1)Filter by Decade 1920s (1)1930s (4) Sort by: OldestNewestSwimmerSuccessful swim numberSuccessful swimmer number Kemmerich, Otto - 23/08/1926Description Started Cap Gris Nez 7.50 pm, attacked by shark or porpoise which head-butted him in stomach, 12 miles in 4 hours. Wore webbed gloves. Training diet was beer and cigarsSwimmer(s) Kemmerich, OttoDate 23/08/1926Duration of swim 04:00Pilot boat Maurice of Boulogne trawlerSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Koch, Fraulein Lu (Louisa) –15/09/1932Swimmer(s) Koch, Fraulein Lulu (Louisa)Date 15/09/1932Duration of swim 06:00Notes Girls Try Channel. CAPE CRIS NEZ, France. A German girl, Lee Koch, and a Dutch girl F. Brouwer, started simultaneously to swim the English channel. It was the Brouwer girl's second attempt. They hoped to reach Dover together. Lincoln Nebraska State Journal September 15, 1932. THIRST BALKS GIRLS' CHANNEL ATTEMPTS. Cape Gris Nez, France. Sept. 15. A German girl. Loe Koch, and a Dutch Miss F. Brouwer, both abandoned attempts to swim the English Channel today after they had covered about ten miles. Both said they were unable to continue because of thirst. September 16 1932 Daily News from New York Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Koch, Fraulein Lu (Louisa) - 25/08/1933Description Started 11.30 am, abandoned midnight, 1 mile off english coast, fainted in water. Eva Coleman, pqacemakerSwimmer(s) Koch, Fraulein Lulu (Louisa)Date 25/08/1933Duration of swim 12:20Pilot boat France tug of DunkirkNotes Lulu Koch, Germany, abandoned her try after twelve hours and twenty minutes in the water. Miss Koch was but 1,640 feet from the English coast...Middletown Times Herald 26 August 1933Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Koch, Fraulein Lu (Louisa) - 03/09/1933Description Started 8.37 am Cap Gris NezSwimmer(s) Koch, Fraulein Lulu (Louisa)Date 03/09/1933Duration of swim 12:30Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Koch, Fraulein Lu (Louisa) - 01/09/1934Swimmer(s) Koch, Fraulein Lulu (Louisa)Date 01/09/1934Duration of swim 14:30Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)