| History of Swimming |
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Canadian Swimming Alumni Home Page __ "This home page was developed to give current and former National Swim Team members a place to go for information and to look around at the past. A few former swimmers felt that there should be some place that we could go to get in contact with old friends and see what they are up to as well as view some pictures from their previous trips." - illustrated - from vibeachhouse.com - http://www.vibeachhouse.com/canswim/
Dover Museum - Online Exhibition __ "An online resource on the early history of swimming the English Channel" - illustrated - From dover.gov.uk - http://www.dover.gov.uk/museum/resource/swim/swim1.asp
Early History of Swimming - The Centenary of Federation __ "From our earliest days Queenslanders have wanted to swim the only problem was hardly anybody knew how to" Well, things have certainly changed. Learn how. - From abc.net.au - http://www.abc.net.au/queensland/federation/stories/s281918.htm
HickokSports.com - History - Synchronized Swimming __ "This document is a history of synchronized swimming. It is a page in the History section of HickokSports.com, the largest collection of sports information on the Internet." If the page looks blank, you have to scroll down a bit to get to the article. - From HickokSports.com - http://www.hickoksports.com/history/synchsw.shtml
History of Swimming __ An encyclopedic article with links to related materials. - illustrated - From Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_swimming
History Of Swimming __ "The earliest records of people swimming are drawings found in the Kebir desert, which date from about 6000 years ago." You will find a brief, but excellent, overview of the history of the sport. - From Users Web, University of York - http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~socs56/history.html
History of swimming section __ Here is a detailed timeline of swimming history beginning in ancient Egypt. - From De Anza College - http://faculty.deanza.edu/donahuemary/stories/storyReader$700
International Swimming Hall of Fame __ Read about the great swimmers. "Since 1965, ISHOF has promoted swimming, diving, water polo, synchronized swimming, open water swimming, water safety and aquatic art by honoring the great achievements and events in aquatic history." - illustrated - From ISHOF - http://www.ishof.org/
Phillips Academy History of Swimming __ "Plato considered a man who didn't know how to swim uneducated." Learn about the history of the sport and American Indians contribution to it. - illustrated - From andover.edu - http://www.andover.edu/athletics/swimmingboys/swimhistory.htm
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A Short History of Black Swimming: The 70's: Enith Brigitha __ "No doubt the best Black swimmer of the 70's was Enith Brigitha of Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. She was the first Black female swimmer. And she was the first Black female swimmer to win two Olympic medals (in 1976), both bronze, one for the 100m and one for the 200m freestyle." Read the rest of her story. - illustrated - From blackathletesportsnetwork.net - http://www.blackathletesportsnetwork.net/artman/publish/article_0330.shtml
Sports: Synchronized Swimming
__ "They called their invention "ornamental and scientific swimming;" we know
it as synchronized swimming. It was a Canadian idea, developed by three
Montreal women who recognized that not everyone interested in competitive
aquatics cared for speed swimming." A brief one paragraph
look. - From University of Saskatchewan - http://library.usask.ca/herstory/synch.html
Swimming Pool - The History of Swimming Pools __ "Swimming as an organized activity goes back as far as 2500 B.C. in ancient Egypt and later in ancient Greece, Rome, and Assyria. In Rome and Greece, swimming was part of the education of elementary age boys and the Romans built the first swimming pools (separate from bathing pools)." A brief look. - From About.com - http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blswimmingpools.htm
USA Swimming - History of the Sport __ You will find a good history of swimming including such things as the development of the 'strokes,' great swimmers along with their biographies, Olympic stars and international meets. Sadly, most of it is in the form of downloadable files. - From usaswimming.org - http://tinyurl.com/bzpzl
WWA-History of Swimming __ "Think it's a new sport? Think again! Swimming has been around for thousands of years..." You will find a timeline of swimming history. - From worldwideaquatics.com - http://www.worldwideaquatics.com/historyswim.htm
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