Sports Archives - Page 24 of 31

Gertrude Ederle

Olympic champion, world record holder and the first woman to swim across the English Channel.

Wilma Briggs

Left-fielder played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) during the 1940s and 1950s.

Clare Connor

Former Captain of the England Women’s Cricket Team and Managing Director of Women’s Cricket at the England & Wales Cricket Board.

Tessie Reynolds

Only sixteen years old, Tessie Reynolds set a new record for riding from Brighton to London and back again in 1893.

Elin Kallio

Pioneer of women’s gymnastics in Finland.

Gwen Moffat

Brighton’s first female mountain guide, followed by a career as a successful author.

Mercedes Gleitze

On 6 April 1928, this pioneering female swimmer became the first person to swim the 8 mile Straits of Gibraltar.

Joyce Cooper

Joyce Cooper remains to this day one of the most decorated female swimmers Britain has ever produced.

Katie-George Dunlevy

Katie-George Dunlevy (b1981) is a high scoring paralympic road and track cyclist, best known for winning gold and silver medals with pilot Eve Crystal at the Rio Paralympics in 2016.

On the 9 September 1875, in rough open water Harriet Elphinstone-Dick swam seven miles from Shoreham Harbour to Brighton’s West Pier. She completed the distance in a record making 2 hours and 45 minutes. It was regarded as one of the greatest swimming feats of the time.