Lynne Cox 莱娜· 考克斯 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Lynne Cox (born 1957 in Boston [1]) is an American long-distance open-water swimmer and writer. In 1971, she and her teammates were the first group of teenagers to complete the crossing of the Catalina Island Channel in California. She was always the slowest swimmer in her swim classes. She has twice held the record for the fastest crossing (men or women) of the English Channel (1972 in a time of 9h 57 mins and 1973 in a time of 9h 36 mins[2]). In 1975, Cox became the first woman to swim the 10 °C (50 °F), 16 km (10 mi) Cook Strait in New Zealand. In 1976, she was the first person to swim the Straits of Magellan in Chile, and the first to swim around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. 莱娜·考克斯(1957年生于美国波士顿)是美国长距离公开水域游泳选手、作家。她是两次世界最快游过英吉利海峡的记录创造者(无论男女),成绩为1972年9小时57分,1973年9小时36分,当时她只有15-16岁。 (后续有时间继续翻译给大家) 资料来源:维基百科全书网站。 |