The untold story of a British swimming icon
Mercedes Gleitze was the first British woman to swim the English Channel, but kept her accomplishments hidden from her family.
Mercedes Gleitze was the first British woman to swim the English Channel in 1927.
In the same year she also became the first person to swim the Strait of Gibraltar.
These were just two of her acc… [+300 chars]
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