Gloria Gonzalez may refer to Gloria Gonz lez composer born 1944 , Puerto Rican composer Gloria Gonz lez swimmer Gloria Raquel Gonz lez Odreman , Venezuelan swimmer who swam at the 2007 Pan American Games hndis Gonzalez, Gloria ... more details
Mark Herring may refer to Mark Herring born 1961 , Virginia state senator Mark Herring swimmer , New Zealand swimmer, who swam at the 2008 Olympics See also Marc Herring , multimedia artist and businessman br hndis Herring, Mark ... more details
Multiple issues orphan March 2011 refimprove September 2009 South and West Africa Missions , or SWAM , is a Canadian charity organization based in Vancouver , British Columbia . The group performs missionary and relief work in South and West Africa , and attempts to bridge between citizens of those regions and Canadians who wish to assist them. SWAM is the first charity organization to join those two regions. Clarify date September 2009 SWAM was founded in 2000 by Jaco Jacobs . The group describes itself as a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization . ref cite web url http www.swa ministry.com title SWAM The South & West Africa Missions Official Website accessdate 2009 09 04 ref Zimbabwe SWAM has taken part in a number of food aid projects in Zimbabwe . Necessities such as mielie meal a type of porridge that is a popular food in Africa , also called pap , sugar, soap and cooking oil. Several other trips are made to take more mielie meal and Bibles which are most needed. Angola SWAM is aiding many in Angola with medical aid from Canadian doctors which, with medicine, work with the sick and injured to help. Many of the sick injured are not able to get to the medical aid that they need, some can not afford it. Namibia A lot of work has been done in Northern part of Namibia. The people that are helped are one of the first tribes to live in Southern Africa, the Bushmen San people. They struggle on their own and SWAM, together with the local churches has lead many projects to transport items such as seeds and livestock so that the San people can survive on their own without having to rely on the help of others. References http www.swa ministry.com Reflist Category Charities based in Canada Category Organizations based in Vancouver ... more details
Rodrigo D az may refer to Rodrigo D az de Vivar , commonly known as El Cid Rodrigo D az de los Cameros , troubadour Rodrigo D az footballer , Argentine footballer Rodrigo D az swimmer , Guatemalan who swam at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rodrigo Diaz designer , Mexican born fashion and industrial designer hndis name Diaz, Rodrigo ... more details
Jonathan Duncan may refer to Jonathan Duncan Governor of Bombay 1756 1811 Jonathan Duncan swimmer b.1982 , New Zealand swimmer who swam at the 2000 Olympics Jon Duncan b.1975 , British orienteering World Champion See also John Duncan disambiguation br hndis Duncan, Jonathan ... more details
Jamie Reid may refer to Jamie Reid , British artist Jamie Reid swimmer , who swam for the USA and the Panama Jamie Reid Canadian poet See also James Reid disambiguation Jamie Reed , British politician Jamie Reed footballer hndis name Reid, Jamie ... more details
Bugsuk Island is an island in the Palawan region, Philippines. Its area is 119 km . History Eight crewmembers of the USS Flier SS 250 USS Flier reached Bugsuk Island after their submarine struck a mine on Aug. 13, 1944 while on surface patrol during World War II. The survivors, who had been on deck and in the conning tower when the explosion occurred, swam 18 hours to reach an atoll near Bugsuk. Over the next three days, they swam to two other islands before landing on Bugsuk and being helped by Filipino guerrillas. Seventy eight men died on the Flier, including seven who escaped the sub but didn t survive the swim. Source U.S. Navy news release http www.csp.navy.mil releases release 10 008.shtml and interview with Steve Jacobson, a son of one of the survivors, Ensign Al Jacobson. Philippines geo stub coord 8 15 N 117 18 E display title region PH type isle source GNS enwiki Category Islands of the Philippines Category National parks of the Philippines ... more details
the Atlantic . First out was the German. He swam 1 kilometer and drowned. Next came the Russian. He swam 10 kilometers and then he drowned. Now it was Bellman s turn. He swam and swam until he almost reached the coast of America then he got tired and swam back. A Dane, a Norwegian and Bellman made ... more details
Infobox swimmer name Corney Swanepoel image imagesize caption fullname nicknames nationality NZL strokes butterfly swimming Butterfly club collegeteam birth date birth date and age mf yes 1986 3 17 birth place Potchefstroom Potchefstroom, South Africa death date death place height weight medaltemplates MedalCompetition Short Course Worlds MedalBronze 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships 2008 Manchester 4x100 m medley Corney Swanepoel born March 17, 1986 in Potchefstroom Potchefstroom, South Africa is a butterfly swimmer from New Zealand . He swam for New Zealand at the New Zealand at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2004 and New Zealand at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2008 Olympics . At the 2008 Olympics, he swam the Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men s 100 metre butterfly 100 fly , where he finished 12th, and swam on New Zealand s 5th place finishing Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men s 4 x 100 metre medley relay 4x100 medley relay . He holds the List of New Zealand records in swimming New Zealand Records in the 50m Butterfly both long course and short course and 100m Butterfly both long course and short course . He Currently Lives In NZ and has just started As of 17.8.10 Private Lessons References http www.olympic.org.nz New Zealand Olympic Committee http www.swimmingnz.org.nz competition national records New Zealand Records Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Swanepoel, Corney ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1986 PLACE OF BIRTH Potchefstroom Potchefstroom, South Africa DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Swanepoel, Corney Category 1986 births Category Living people Category New Zealand swimmers Category Olympic swimmers of New Zealand Category New Zealand people of South African descent Category Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics NewZealand swimming bio stub ... more details
Gregory Arkhurst born 6 May 1976 is an Olympic swimmer from C te d Ivoire . He represented his country at the C te d Ivoire at the 2000 Summer Olympics 2000 and C te d Ivoire at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2004 Summer Olympics , while living and training in Canada , however. 2000 Arkhurst swam in the Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics Men s 100 metre freestyle 100 metre freestyle in 2000, finishing 63rd out of 74 total swimmers. 2004 In 2004, he swam in the Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics Men s 50 metre freestyle 50 metre freestyle , finishing 58th out of 86 total swimmers. Sources http sports.yahoo.com olympics athens2004 civ Gregory Arkhurst 352469 Info Yahoo .com Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Arkhurst, Gregory ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Swimmer DATE OF BIRTH 6 May 1976 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Arkhurst, Gregory Category 1976 births Category Living people Category Ivorian swimmers Category Freestyle swimmers Category Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category Olympic swimmers of C te d Ivoire Africa swimming bio stub Coted Ivoire sport bio stub ... more details
Merge to Jennifer Figge date September 2010 Jennifer Frigge was widely reported, on 7 February 2009, to be the first woman to swim across the Atlantic Ocean when she reached Trinidad after a month of swimming from the Cape Verde Islands . ref Coto, Danica. http www.kansascity.com news nation story 1023356.html Coloradan, 56, becomes first woman to swim across Atlantic , Associated Press , 2009 02 07. Retrieved on 2009 02 08. ref However, critics pointed out that she spent a great deal of the 2,000 plus mile transit aboard a sailboat, with her spokesman acknowledging that she swam about 250 miles. ref Coto, Danica. http www.chicagotribune.com sports sns ap swm trans atlantic swim,0,2510347.story US swimmer swam through Atlantic, but across is a matter of debate , Associated Press , 2009 02 12. Retrieved on 2009 02 17. ref Frigge is a native of Aspen, Colorado , and was 56 when she reached Trinidad. See also Beno t Lecomte Notes Reflist Use dmy dates date September 2010 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Frigge, Jennifer ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Frigge, Jennifer Category Long distance swimmers Category American swimmers Category Living people US swimming bio stub ... more details
for the Russian Soviet soccer player Vasiliy Danilov Infobox swimmer name Vasilii Danilov image imagesize caption fullname nicknames nationality KGZ strokes IM club collegeteam birth date birth date and age 1988 12 13 birth place death date death place height height m 1.90 weight medaltemplates Vasilii Danilov born December 13, 1988 ref http results.beijing2008.cn WRM ENG BIO Athlete 8 216938.shtml Danilov s bio results page from the 2008 Olympics website retrieved 2009 07 23. ref is an Olympic swimmer from Kyrgyzstan . He swam for the country at the Kyrgyzstan at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2004 and Kyrgyzstan at the 2008 Summer Olympics 2008 Olympics . ref http www.sports reference.com olympics athletes da vasily danilov 1.html Danilov s entry from www.sports reference.com retrieved 2009 07 23. ref He also swam at the Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships 2007 World Championships . References reflist br Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Danilov, Vasilii ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Swimmer DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1988 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Danilov, Vasilii Category 1988 births Category Living people Category Kyrgyzstani swimmers Category Olympic swimmers of Kyrgyzstan Category Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Kyrgyzstan swimming bio stub ... more details
Infobox swimmer name Andrey Molchanov image imagesize caption fullname nicknames nationality TKM strokes club collegeteam birth date birth date and age 1987 7 16 birth place death date death place height height m 1.85 weight Andrey Molchanov born July 16, 1987 ref http www.sports reference.com olympics athletes mo andrey molchanov 1.html Molchanov s entry from www.sports reference.com retrieved 2009 07 27. ref is an Olympic swimmer from the Turkmenistan . He swam for the Turkmenistan at the Turkmenistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics 2008 Olympics , ref http results.beijing2008.cn WRM ENG BIO Athlete 9 218589.shtml Molchanov s bio results page from the 2008 Olympics website retrieved 2009 07 27. ref where he finished 64th in the Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men s 50 metre freestyle 50m free . He also swam at the Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships 2007 World Championships . References reflist br Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Molchanov, Andrey ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Swimmer DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1987 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Molchanov, Andrey Category 1987 births Category Living people Category Turkmenistan swimmers Category Olympic swimmers of Turkmenistan Category Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Turkmenistan swimming bio stub ... more details
File William Jackman.jpg thumb William Jackman s passport photo William Jackman 20 May 1837 &ndash 25 February 1877 was a Newfoundland Colony Newfoundland sealing captain and sailing master. Jackman was born in Renews, Newfoundland . Like his younger brother Arthur Jackman Arthur , Jackman commanded seal hunting sealing vessels for Bowring Brothers . Jackman is best known for the rescue at Spotted Island on 9 October 1867. Jackman witnessed the Sea Clipper run aground with 27 people aboard. Jackman swam back and forth to the vessel eleven times, rescuing eleven people. His crew then tied a rope around his waist and Jackman swam back sixteen more times, rescuing all aboard the doomed ship. On 18 December 1868, for his heroism, he was presented the medal and diploma of the Royal Humane Society . External links canadabio ID 5060 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Jackman, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION sealing captain and sailing master DATE OF BIRTH 20 May 1837 PLACE OF BIRTH Renews, Newfoundland DATE OF DEATH 25 February 1877 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Jackman, William Category 1837 births Category 1877 deaths Category Maritime incidents in 1867 Category Bowring Brothers Canada bio stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Byrne s Cove , also known as Burns Cove is an area in Kilkee , County Clare in Republic of Ireland Ireland . It is situated close to George s Head, which is a prominent headland in Kilkee. Historically Byrne s Cove was a men s only swimming area, where men swam naked. Byrne s Cove is also the starting point for the mile long bay swim which is held annually. Now both men and women enjoy one of the best swimming places in the world. Coord missing County Clare Category Geography of County Clare Category Visitor attractions in County Clare Clare geo stub ... more details
Infobox swimmer name Francisco Picasso image caption fullname Francisco Picasso Risso nicknames nationality URU strokes club collegeteam Louisiana Monroe Warhawks Louisiana Monroe small USA small br Texas A&M Aggies small USA 2006 07 small birth date birth date and age 1982 06 19 df yes birth place Montevideo, Uruguay death date death place height weight medaltemplates spanish name 2 Picasso Risso Francisco Picasso Risso born June 19, 1982 in Montevideo, Uruguay is an Olympic and List of Uruguayan records in swimming national record holding swimmer from Uruguay . He swam for Uruguay at the Uruguay at the 2000 Summer Olympics 2000 and Uruguay at the 2008 Summer Olympics 2008 Olympics. ref http www.sports reference.com olympics athletes pi francisco picasso 1.html Picasso s entry from sports reference.com retrieved 2012 04 12. ref He has swam for Uruguay at Olympics Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics 2000 and Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics 2008 World Championships 2003, 2005, 2007 Pan American Games Uruguay at the 1999 Pan American Games 1999 , Uruguay at the 2003 Pan American Games 2003 , and Uruguay at the 2007 Pan American Games 2007 At the Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics 2000 Olympics , he swam the 200 Individual Medley. At the Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics 2008 Olymipcs he swam the Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men s 50 metre freestyle 50 freestyle . ref http www.aggieathletics.com ViewArticle.dbml?DB LANG C&DB OEM ID 27300&ATCLID 205230183&SPID 94399&SPSID 635360 A&M s Makany, Picasso Qualify for Second Olympic Games . Published by Texas A&M Athletics on 2008 07 24 retrieved 2012 04 12. ref References Reflist http www.terra.com.uy canales olimpiadas delegacion.shtml Terra Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Picasso, Francisco ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Swimmer DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1982 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Picasso, Francisco Category 1982 births Category Living people Catego ... more details
Daniel Bell may refer to Daniel Bell 1919 2011 , historian and a professor emeritus at Harvard University Daniel Bell Australian rules footballer born 1985 , Melbourne Demons player Daniel Bell musician 21st century , one of the pioneers of the minimal techno genre Daniel Bell swimmer , Australian Paralympian Daniel Bell NZ swimmer , from New Zealand who swam at the 2008 Olympics See also Daniel Bell Wakefield 1798 1858 , New Zealand judge Daniel Belle of Australian Idol season 2 hndis Bell, Daniel DEFAULTSORT Bell, Daniel de Daniel Bell ... more details
Anna Karin Persson born April 14, 1973 is a former Swedish Olympic swimmer. She competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics , where she swam the 4 100 meter medley relay. ref http www.sports reference.com olympics athletes pe anna karin persson 1.html at Sports Reference ref Clubs Kung lvs SS References Reflist Footer Sweden Swimming 1988 Summer Olympics Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Persson, Anna Karin ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Swimmer DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1973 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Persson, Anna Karin Category 1973 births Category Swedish swimmers Category Living people Category Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Category Olympic swimmers of Sweden Sweden swimming bio stub ... more details
Automatic taxobox name Dutuitosaurus fossil range image image width 250px Refimprove date February 2009 Dutuitosaurus is an genus of Africa n metoposaur , a group of prehistoric amphibian s. It has a long tail, suggesting that it actively swam after fishes and other prey. ref LAMBERT, D., NAISH, D. & WYSE, E. 2003. Encyclopedia of dinosaurs & prehistoric life . Dorling Kindersley Limited, London. 376pp. ref References Reflist See also Koskinonodon Metoposauridae Prehistoric amphibian List of prehistoric amphibians Portal Paleontology Category Prehistoric amphibians paleo amphibian stub Trematosauria M. ... more details
Ben Wells may refer to Ben Wells actor born 1980 , American actor Ben Wells footballer , English footballer Ben Wells, guitarist for American Southern rock band Black Stone Cherry Ben Wells swimmer from Papua New Guinea, who Swimming at the 2003 South Pacific Games swam at the 2003 South Pacific Games Benjamin W. Wells 1856 1923 , American literary scholar See also Bertram Whittier Wells aka B.W. Wells 1884 1978 , American botanist and ecologist hndis Wells, Ben ... more details
for the British multiple sclerosis activist who swam the English Channel in 1997 Taylor MH Michael Taylor born in 1989 is a national team swimmer from the Marshall Islands . ref http www.omegatiming.com swimming racearchives 2005 montreal2005 F74 ResSummary 14 Heats Men 50 Breast.pdf Men s 50 Breast results prelims from the 2005 World Championships. Published by Omega Timing on 2005 07 26, retrieved 2012 04 05 ref He has swum for the Marshall Islands at the 2005, 2007 and 2009 FINA World Championships . References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Taylor, Michael ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Marshall Islands swimmer DATE OF BIRTH 1989 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Taylor, Michael Category Living people Category 1989 births ... more details
date December 2010 He first swam across the Palk Strait , which lies between Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka ... the English Channel on 15 August 1994. He swam across Rottnest Channel in Australia , Straits ... December, at the end of calendar year. Thus he swam across the six channels, all in a year 1994 and included ... more details
by Greg Frost and then Brian so she met fellow Wheelchair Sports athletes. Engel swam at the same ... at the Glass House alongside the Mean Machine . She swam personal bests in Freestyle and Backstroke ... competed in class 5, though she was borderline class 4, which was apparent when she swam against Sue ... when she was 23 although people generally needed to be over 30 to swim in MASTERS. She swam in a number ... in New York. Another amputee, Graham, also swam with North Lodge for a while too. http odohertys.com.au ... Engel his lucky kangaroo for a number of comps. Although born with spina bifida, Engel swam against ... more details
Hydna of Scione Floruit fl. 480 BCE , was an ancient Greek swimmer and diver given credit for the destruction of the Persian navy around 480 BCE. According to Pausanias geographer Pausanias Description of Greece , 10.19.1. , during a critical battle with the Persia ns Hydna and her father volunteered to help in the war. Hydna trained by her father, Scyllis of Scione, who, tradition says, dived into the very deepest parts of every sea, had played in ocean since infancy. As an expert swimmer, he taught his daughter Hydna to dive well into the deepest parts of the sea. When the fleet of Xerxes I of Persia Xerxes was attacked by a violent storm off Pelion Mount Pelion , father and daughter completed its destruction by dragging away under the sea the anchors and any other security the triremes had. Together, they swam through some ten miles of choppy, storm tossed waters to where the Persian navy was moored for the night. Knives in hand, they silently swam among the boats, cutting their moorings. Tossed about by the wind and waves, the ships crashed together some sank most were crippled. And so battle was avoided for the time being. In gratitude for the heroism shown by Hydna and her Father, the Amphictyonic League Amphictyons dedicated statues to them at Delphi , the most sacred site of the Ancient Greece Greek world. Beside the Gorgias is a votive offering of the Amphictyons towards father and daughter. References Leon, Vicki. 1995 Uppity Women of Ancient Times . Publishers Group West. Page 164. ISBN 1 57324 010 9 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hydna ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Category Greek divers Category Greek swimmers Category Women in ancient Greek warfare Category Ancient Chalcidicians Category 5th century BC Greek people Category 5th century BC women Category Ancient Greek heroes Ancient Greece bio stub Greece mil bio stub ... more details
Refimprove date April 2009 Moby Dick was a Beluga whale Beluga , or white whale, that caused a sensation in 1966 along the Lower Rhine and then in all of Germany and the Netherlands . It was named after the whale in the novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville . On May 18, 1966, a few Rhine skippers near Duisburg reported a white whale in the Rhine to the water police . They reacted by first making the mariners take a blood alcohol test, which came up negative there really was a white whale swimming in the Rhine 300 kilometers from the ocean and thousands of kilometers from the usual habitat of the beluga whale in arctic waters. Wolfgang Gewalt , the director of the Duisburg Zoo , tried to subdue the unusual guest in the Rhine with nets and tranquilizer darts, which led to massive protests from the people and official protests from the Netherlands so that he had to desist. At first Moby Dick turned oceanward again, but stopped in front of a Lock water transport lock to the ocean opened specially for him and swam up the Rhine again, as far as Bonn . Once there he turned around again and was sighted three days later, on the June 16 at 18 42, for the last time after reaching the open ocean at Hoek van Holland . There is a suggestion that the appearance of Moby Dick in the Rhine had actually been the beginning of the environmental movement in Germany. In fact, around 1966 the first effective environmental protection laws in Germany were adopted. The Rhine, for example, through which Moby Dick swam at the time, was justifiably characterized as a sewer, since waste water from cities and chemical plants was for the most part poured in unfiltered. Links de icon http www.br online.de wissen bildung kalenderblatt 2009 05 kb20090518.html BR Kalenderblatt Moby Dick im Rhein gesichtet , program on the German radio station BR, accessed 8 July 2009. de icon http www.wdr.de themen kultur stichtag 2006 05 18.jhtml WDR Stichtag Der Moby Dick vom Rhein , program on the German radio station ... more details
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