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Lynne Cox
American swimmer (born 1957)
Lynne Cox (born January 2, 1957)[1] is an American long-distanceopen water swimmer, writer, and speaker.
She is best known for being the first person to swim between the United States and the Soviet Union,[2][3] in the Bering Strait, a feat which has been recognized for easing the Cold War tensions between U.S.
President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leaderMikhail Gorbachev.[4][5][6][7]
Achievements
In 1971, she and her teammates were the first group of teenagers to complete the crossing of the Catalina Island Channel in California.
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She has twice held the record for the fastest crossing of the English Channel from England to France (1972 in a time of 9 hours 57 minutes and 1973 in a time of 9 hours 36 minutes[8]). In 1975, Cox became the first woman to swim the 10 °C (50 °F), 16 km (9.9 mi) Cook Strait in New Zealand.
In 1976, she was the fi