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Legends

From our archive - a collection of profiles, features and coverage of history unfolding when swim legends take to the water (Photo: Planet Phelps, by Patrick B. Kraemer

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Bill Smith - Hawaiian Legend Who Made Water & Swimming His Home post image

Bill Smith - Hawaiian Legend Who Made Water & Swimming His Home

The Swimming Highs & Political Lows Of Ragnhild Hveger post image

The Swimming Highs & Political Lows Of Ragnhild Hveger

Sybil Bauer  - The First Baroness of Backstroke post image

Sybil Bauer - The First Baroness of Backstroke

Wickham The Game-Changing Wizard Of Aussie Distance Divas post image

Wickham The Game-Changing Wizard Of Aussie Distance Divas

Helene Madison - Queen Of Waves post image

Helene Madison - Queen Of Waves

Eleanor Holm Sets The Pace Before Olympic Fame Leads To Celebrity Fortune post image

Eleanor Holm Sets The Pace Before Olympic Fame Leads To Celebrity Fortune

Arne Borg - Sweden's 'Big Bad Man' Of The Distance Pool Who Took On The World & Won post image

Arne Borg - Sweden's 'Big Bad Man' Of The Distance Pool Who Took On The World & Won

Karen Muir - The Trailblazer Denied Olympic Honours By South Africa's Apartheid Regime post image

Karen Muir - The Trailblazer Denied Olympic Honours By South Africa's Apartheid Regime

Adrian Moorhouse - Brit Ace Who Rode A Rollercoaster Ride To Olympic Gold & Pioneering Pace post image

Adrian Moorhouse - Brit Ace Who Rode A Rollercoaster Ride To Olympic Gold & Pioneering Pace

Stephen Holland - Dolphin Who Made The Pace Of Every Distance Ace Leap To New Heights post image

Stephen Holland - Dolphin Who Made The Pace Of Every Distance Ace Leap To New Heights

Martha Norelius - The Ledecky Of Her Day & The Last Back-To-Back 400 Free Olympic Champ Before Titmus In 2024 post image

Martha Norelius - The Ledecky Of Her Day & The Last Back-To-Back 400 Free Olympic Champ Before Titmus In 2024

The Day That Marked The Start Of A Unique Run On Records for Aussie Lorraine In 1956 post image

The Day That Marked The Start Of A Unique Run On Records for Aussie Lorraine In 1956