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969 English Channel Swim Stock Photos and High-res Pictures

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World Oceans Day

Year-old Turkish swimmer Aysu Turkoglu opens a Turkish Flag at the shore of Portpatrick, after swimming across the North Channel from Northern...

Aysu Turkoglu becomes the first Turkish woman to swim across the North Channel

Two sea swimmers return to Folkestone harbour after a training session out in the English Channel, Folkestone, Kent, England, United Kingdom.

The English Channel

Swimmer crosses the English Channel to France as, in the background, a dinghy carrying migrants is escorted by French border police on August 7, 2020...

Cross-Channel Swimmer Crosses Paths With Migrants Escorted By French Police

Year-old Turkish swimmer Aysu Turkoglu opens a Turkish Flag at the shore of Portpatrick, after swimming across the North Channel from Northern...

Aysu Turkoglu becomes the first Turkish woman to swim across the North Channel

Mr Hayden Taylor, a dentist by trade, prepares for his latest attempt to swim across the English Channel to France in record time. A year before, he...

Cross Channel Swim

Audresselles on October 29, 2022: heat wave, woman swimming in water that reaches 17°C.

Audresselles (northern France) on October 29, 2022: heatwave, swimmer

Susie Maroney, English Channel Swimmer...Courtesy Ch. 9. July 23, 1991. .

Susie Maroney, English Channel Swimmer...Courtesy Ch. 9.

Susie Moroney, English Channel Swimmer...Courtesy Ch.9. July 23, 1991. .

Susie Moroney, English Channel Swimmer...Courtesy Ch.9.

Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh arrives on Shakespeare Beach after completing his 350 mile swim along the English Channel on August 29, 2018 in Dover,...

UN Patron Of The Oceans Completes 'Long Swim' From Land's End To Dover

English swimmer Hilda “Laddie” Sharp arrives at Dover Shore, helped by pace swimmer Joyce Bouchand and trainer Jabez Woolf, after successfully...

Bid To Swim The English Channel

Jason Pipoly cuts through the chill waters of Cherry Creek Reservoir in training for swim across the English Channel. His father earlier swam the...

JUN 28 1982, JUN 29 1982, JUN 30 1982; Jason Pipoly, 11, cuts through the chill waters of Cherry Cre

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Walpurga von Isacescu an Austrian swimmer, the first woman athlete to attempt a swim across the English Channel

Captain Matthew Webb, the first man to swim the English Channel, 1875. Captain Webb set off from Dover on 24 August 1875, arriving in Calais 21 3/4...

Captain Matthew Webb, the first man to swim the English Channel, 1875.

Year-old Turkish swimmer Aysu Turkoglu comes out of water at the shore of Portpatrick, after swimming across the North Channel from Northern Ireland...

Aysu Turkoglu becomes the first Turkish woman to swim across the North Channel

Swimmers pose for the photographer after taking part in the traditional New Year's Day sea swim in the English Channel at Gyllyngvase Beach on...

Traditional New Year's Day Open Water Swims Take Place Around The UK

Gertrude Caroline Ederle was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder in five events. On August 6 she became the...

Gertrude Caroline Ederle was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder

Four men, some using shovels as paddles, use a small dinghy to cross the English Channel on August 7, 2020 off the coast of France. Hundreds of...

Migrants Attempt To Cross English Channel From France

American swimmer Gertrude Ederle, the first female to swim across the English Channel, is honoured for her historic swim and crowned 'Queen of the...

Queen Of The Waves

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Women entering cold sea for a swim

American Olympic gold medalist, swimmer Gertrude Ederle poses in the sea at Brighton, training for her cross English Channel swim, July 2, 1925.

Migrants swim to board a smugglers' boat in order to attempt crossing the English channel off the beach of Audresselles, northern France on October...

FRANCE-BRITAIN-EU-MIGRANTS

American athlete Gertrude Ederle , the first woman to swim the English Channel, waves from a car, circa 1926.

Gertrude Ederle

Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer, 1926. On 6 August 1926 Ederle became the first woman to swim across the English Channel, which she achieved in a...

Gertrude Ederle American Swimmer 1926

Dog walker passes a danger banner telling swimmers not to enter the water due to rough seas, on 7th April 2024, in Brighton, England.

Beach Danger Banner

Friends and family watch Gertrude Ederle swim the English Channel from the tugboat Alsace.

Friends and family watch Gertrude Ederle swim the English Ch

Grease coated Olympic swimmer Gertrude Ederle wades into the water on her way to becoming the first woman to swim the English Channel, which she did...

Grease coated Olympic swimmer Gertrude Ederle wades into the

American swimmer Gertrude Ederle prepares to swim the English channel from Cap Gris-Nez in France to Dover, England | Location: Cap Gris-Nez, France.

Gertrude Ederle Prepares to Swim the English Channel

Whirlpool in the Niagara rapids where English swimmer Captain Matthew Webb, the first man to swim the English Channel, was last seen. Original...

Scene Of Webb's Death

English swimmer Captain Matthew Webb the first man to swim the English Channel, arriving at Calais. Original Publication: Illustrated London News

Steve Stievenart, 46-year-old open-water endurance trains in the sea water in Wimereux, northern France on January 26, 2024. Nicknamed "the seal",...

SWIMMING-ENDURANCE-FRA

Collectible celebrity card from French publisher Collection Felix Potin, published in 1908, with image of Thomas William Burgess, also called Bill...

Thomas William Burgess, Swimmer, Felix Potin Collectible Celebrity Card, 1908

Teenagers waiting to swim during an English heatwave.

Teenagers waiting to swim during an English heatwave.

Australian swimmer Susie Maroney is assisted by her brother Michael Maroney during preparations for her attempt to be the first person to swim across...

SWIMMING-SUSIE MARONEY,CUBA

People and families on the beach sunbathing, swimming, playing and generally enjoying the fine sunshine in one of England's oldest seaside resorts,...

People and families on the beach sunbathing, swimming,...

Year-old Kevin Anderson from South Africa is covered in grease by his father John Anderson. Kevin hopes to become the youngest swimmer to make the 22...

Channel Swimmer Covers Himself in Grease

The 2. Person who swimming the English Channel on September 6, 1911 - with his wife and his daughter - 1911 - Photographer: Philipp Kester Vintage...

Thomas William Burgess

Paris, France: Portrait of American swimmer, Gertrude Ederle, Gold and Bronze medal freestyle swimmer in the 1924 Olympics in Paris. She went on to...

Olympic Swimmer Gertrude Ederle

autumn afternoon at st margaret-at-cliffe near dover - english channel swim stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Autumn afternoon at St Margaret-at-Cliffe near Dover

Tom Blower, who is the only man to swim the Irish Channel and holds the record for swimming across the English Channel. Original Publication: Picture...

Champion Swimmer

Migrants swim to board a smugglers' boat in order to attempt crossing the English channel off the beach of Audresselles, northern France on October...

TOPSHOT-FRANCE-BRITAIN-EU-MIGRANTS

Steve Stievenart, 46-year-old open-water endurance covers his body with clay as part of his training on the beach of Wimereux, northern France on...

SWIMMING-ENDURANCE-FRA

Steve Stievenart, 46-year-old open-water endurance meditates as his body is covered with clay as part of his training on the beach of Wimereux,...

TOPSHOT-SWIMMING-ENDURANCE-FRA

Year-old Turkish swimmer Aysu Turkoglu swims at the shore of Portpatrick, after swimming across the North Channel from Northern Ireland to Scotland...

Aysu Turkoglu becomes the first Turkish woman to swim across the North Channel

Year-old Turkish swimmer Aysu Turkoglu opens a Turkish Flag at the shore of Portpatrick, after swimming across the North Channel from Northern...

Aysu Turkoglu becomes the first Turkish woman to swim across the North Channel

Swimmers take part in the traditional New Year's Day sea swim in the English Channel at Gyllyngvase Beach on January 01, 2023 in Falmouth, Cornwall,...

Traditional New Year's Day Open Water Swims Take Place Around The UK

Swimmers pose for family photos after taking part in the traditional New Year's Day sea swim in the English Channel at Gyllyngvase Beach on January...

Traditional New Year's Day Open Water Swims Take Place Around The UK

Swimmers take part in the traditional New Year's Day sea swim in the English Channel at Gyllyngvase Beach on January 01, 2023 in Falmouth, Cornwall,...

Traditional New Year's Day Open Water Swims Take Place Around The UK

People and families on the beach sunbathing, swimming, playing and generally enjoying the fine sunshine in one of England's oldest seaside resorts,...

People and families on the beach sunbathing, swimming,...

French amputee and swimmer Philippe Croizon gives a press conference on September 20, 2010 in Wissant, northern France after he succeeded on...

French amputee and swimmer Philippe Croi

Marathon swimmer John Van Wisse poses for a portrait ahead of his next long distance swimming challenge, at Brighton Sea Baths on July 8, 2010 in...

Marathon Swimmer John Van Wisse Portrait Session

American Lynne Cox swims across the English Channel while two people watch from a boat alongside her, August 18, 1973. It was her second crossing and...

Lynne Cox Swims The Channel

White chalk cliffs and sunbathers on pebble beach at Veulettes-sur-Mer, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France.

White chalk cliffs and sunbathers on pebble beach at Veulettes-sur-Mer.

Gertrude in training for her swim across the English channel.

Gertrude Ederle

Seascape of a danger banner telling swimmers not to enter the water due to rough seas, on 7th April 2024, in Brighton, England.

Beach Danger Banner

People swimming the English Channel in 1957. August 1957.

People swimming the English Channel in 1957

People light flares to indicate the start of the first swimming race across the English Channel.

Swimmers in the English Channel

Five women who all have swimming the English Channel aspirations, Gris Nez, France, August 24, 1927. From L-R: Millie Hudson, South Africa; Edith...

English Channel Swim Hopefuls

Swimmer Eva Morrison, in training to swim the English Channel, taking some refreshment from trainer Charles Cole during a training session in Dover...

Swimmer Drinking

Swimmer Hilda Harding, in training to swim the English Channel, in conversation with her trainer Mr Wolffe on Brighton beach.

Swimmer And Coach

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