| EDERLE | 1926: American swimmer who was the irst woman to swim the English Channel, Gertrude ___ (b.1905 - d.2003) |
| JEANNESAUVE | In 1984, she became the irst woman Governor General of Canada: 2 wds. |
| CHANNEL | In 1926 American Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim the English ... (in nearly two hours less than the previous record) |
| GOSPEL | Any of the irst four books of the New Testament (6) |
| WEBB | Matthew, steamship captain who was the first man to swim the English Channel (4) |
| OTTO | German swimmer who was the first woman athlete to win six gold medals at a single Olympics (4) |
| IANTHORPE | Swimmer who was the gold medal co-leader at the 2000 Summer Olympics: 2 wds. |
| MICHAELPHELPS | Swimmer who was the gold medal leader at the 2008 Summer Olympics: 2 wds. |
| MARKSPITZ | Swimmer who was the gold medal leader at the 1972 Summer Olympics: 2 wds. |
| ENGLISHCHANNEL | Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim this in 1926, knocking two hours off the men's record |
| SEN | Mihir_: first Indian to swim the English Channel? |
| ELSIE | Ms. Macgill (b.1905 d.1980), Canadian who in 1929 became the first woman to earn a Master's Degree in Aeronautical Engineering |
| DAWNFRASER | Champion swimmer who was named Australian of the Year in 1964 (4,6) |
| MONA | Swimmer who was Ireland's first Olympic medallist at the Paris Games, _ McSharry (4) |
| DARATORRES | American swimmer who won three silver medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics at age 41: 2 wds. |
| RYANLOCHTE | American swimmer who lost Speedo USA as a sponsor after he lied about being robbed at the Rio Olympics: 2 wds. |
| PHELPS | Michael ___, American swimmer who is the most decorated gold medallist of all time |
| SPITZ | Mark ---, American swimmer who won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics (5) |
| JANETEVANS | American swimmer who, aged 15, broke the world records for 400m, 800m and 1500m in 1987 (5,5) |
| THEREDSEA | On Oct. 12, Dr. Mariam Saleh bin Laden became the first woman to swim from Saudi Arabia to Egypt, crossing part of this body of water |
