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    Swimming (sport) (redirect from Swimmer)
    Colymbetes, sive de arte natandi dialogus et festivus et iucundus lectu (The Swimmer, or A Dialogue on the Art of Swimming and Joyful and Pleasant to Read)...
    56 KB (6,449 words) - 22:43, 17 March 2024
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    Frogman (redirect from Combat swimmer)
    known by the more formal names of combat diver, combatant diver, or combat swimmer. The word frogman first arose in the stage name the "Fearless Frogman"...
    34 KB (4,046 words) - 17:33, 6 April 2024
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    either swum by one swimmer as individual medley (IM) or by four swimmers as a medley relay. Individual medley consists of a single swimmer swimming equal...
    21 KB (2,329 words) - 23:59, 3 April 2024
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    Volney Wilson some time before 1938, Wilson was a young physicist and swimmer who had analyzed the motions of swimming fish. Another discovery of the...
    29 KB (3,917 words) - 16:48, 10 March 2024
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    butterfly Some part of the swimmer must touch the wall upon completion of each length and at the finish Some part of the swimmer must break the surface of...
    14 KB (1,450 words) - 00:21, 17 April 2024
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    medley. Hence, a swimmer with severe physical disabilities competing in backstroke may compete in an S3 event, while a blind swimmer in the medley would...
    13 KB (1,363 words) - 18:11, 16 April 2024
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    technique of following another swimmer so closely that water resistance is reduced. When swimming closely alongside or behind a swimmer in the lead swimmer's wake...
    11 KB (1,325 words) - 11:51, 27 February 2024
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    introduced a new mixed gender duet competition that included one male swimmer in each duet at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships and LEN introduced...
    52 KB (5,360 words) - 22:32, 17 March 2024
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    Franklin Johnson (born May 10, 1995) is an American former competitive swimmer and five-time Olympic medalist. She held the world record in the 200-meter...
    70 KB (5,520 words) - 05:34, 26 April 2024
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    Darnton Dean MBE (born 2 May 2000) is an English competitive freestyle swimmer. He is a double Olympic gold medalist, winning gold individually in 200...
    22 KB (1,475 words) - 18:28, 16 April 2024
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    Notonectidae (redirect from Back swimmer)
    Notonectidae is a cosmopolitan family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly called backswimmers because they swim "upside down" (inverted)...
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    Clark Davis (born September 1, 1972) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. Davis represented...
    12 KB (586 words) - 22:18, 24 April 2024
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    an underwater propulsion vehicle, sea scooter, underwater scooter, or swimmer delivery vehicle (SDV) by armed forces, is an item of diving equipment...
    32 KB (3,961 words) - 02:44, 15 February 2024
  • Defenses against swimmer incursions are security methods developed to protect watercraft, ports and installations, and other sensitive resources in or...
    22 KB (2,504 words) - 15:49, 5 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for United States military divers
    attached to the Office of Strategic Services Maritime Unit Operational Swimmer Groups (OSG). All OSGs had Coast Guard men, and several CG men were attached...
    12 KB (1,259 words) - 07:26, 27 April 2023
  • Thumbnail for Michael Gross (swimmer)
    1964), usually spelled Michael Gross in English, is a former competitive swimmer from Germany. He is 201 centimetres (6 ft 7 in) tall, and received the...
    13 KB (589 words) - 22:22, 24 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jim Montgomery (swimmer)
    Paul Montgomery (born January 24, 1955) is an American former competition swimmer, four-time Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. Montgomery...
    13 KB (1,149 words) - 04:31, 31 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Aleksandr Popov (swimmer)
    better known as Alexander Popov, is a former Russian swimmer. Widely considered the greatest sprint swimmer in history, Popov won gold in the 50-metre and 100 m...
    23 KB (1,400 words) - 05:05, 6 December 2023
  • Neil Scott Walker (born June 25, 1976) is an American former competition swimmer, four-time Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder in multiple...
    9 KB (300 words) - 22:48, 11 January 2024
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    Duncan William MacNaughton Scott MBE (born 6 May 1997) is a Scottish swimmer representing Great Britain at the FINA World Aquatics Championships, LEN...
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