PATHFIT 3 - SWIMMING

SWIMMING

It is an individual or team sport that requires the use of ones arms and legs to move the body through water.

NIKOLAUS WYNMANN

a Swiss–German professor of languages, wrote the earliest known complete book about swimming.

CAPT. MATTHEW WEBB

First person to cross the English channel in 1875.

GERTRUDE ERDELE

First woman to swim in the channel in 1926.

MARK SPITZ

who won 7 gold medals s in Munich Germany Olympic 1972

MICHAEL PHELPS

who won 8 gold medals in Beijing Olympic in 2008

1828

The first indoor swimming pool, St George's Baths was opened to the public.

1830

Swimming emerged as a competitive recreational activity in England.

1837

The London founded the first swimming organization, the national swimming society.

1889

The first European amateur swimming competitions in Vienna Austria.

1870

The United State amateur club began competitive.

1892

The world's first women's swimming championship was held in Scotland.

1896

The first modern Olympic games, Athens, Greece.

1902

The Australian Richmond Cavill introduced freestyle to the Western world.

1912

Women swimming event were first included in the Olympics.

1979

The first swimming world cup.