Swimming
- Shigeo Arai, 27, Japanese swimmer, military actions during World War II (1944)
- Sybil Bauer, 23, American backstroker, cancer (1927)
- Fran Crippen, 26, American long distance swimmer, heart attack while competing in an open water swimming race in the United Arab Emirates (2010)
- Alexander Dale Oen, 26, Norwegian swimmer, cardiac arrest. Died while on a training camp in Flagstaff, Arizona (2012)
- Victor Davis, 25, Canadian swimmer, car accident (1989)
- James Rigg, 22, American swimmer, drowned in campus pool at Arizona State University (2011)
- Edsard Schlingemann, 23, Dutch Olympic swimmer, car crash (1990)
Read more about this topic: List Of Sportspeople Who Died During Their Careers
Famous quotes containing the word swimming:
“Mead had studied for the ministry, but had lost his faith and took great delight in blasphemy. Capt. Charles H. Frady, pioneer missionary, held a meeting here and brought Mead back into the fold. He then became so devout that, one Sunday, when he happened upon a swimming party, he shot at the people in the river, and threatened to kill anyone he again caught desecrating the Sabbath.”
—For the State of Nebraska, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“The swimming hole is still in use. It has the same mudbank. It is still impossible to dress without carrying mud home in one’s inner garments. As an engineer I could devise improvements for that swimming hole. But I doubt if the decrease in mother’s grief at the homecoming of muddy boys would compensate the inherent joys of getting muddy.”
—Herbert Hoover (1874–1964)
“Whenever parents become overly invested in a particular skill or accomplishment, a child’s fear of failure multiplies. This is why some children refuse to get into the pool for a swimming lesson, or turn their back on Daddy’s favorite sport.”
—Cathy Rindner Tempelsman (20th century)