Corrie Dixon-Ebbelaar, Successful Channel Swimmer and Coach
22-year-old Corrie Dixon (née Ebbelaar), a Dutch marathon swimmer, set the women's English Channel record time of 10 hours and 43 minutes (England-France), breaking Greta Anderson's record by 18 minutes in 1971.
Earlier that same year, she had also conquered the Robben Island - Three Anchor Bay swim in South Africa, also in a record time.