Tag Archives: Women’s Swimming Association of New York
Helen Meany
Helen Meany (Swimming. Born, New York, NY, Dec. 5, 1904; died, Old Greenwich, CT, July 21, 1991.) Winning her first national title at age 16, Helen Meany (later Mrs. Gravis) was the first American diver to be selected for three straight Olympics (1920, 1924, 1928). Still another W.S.A.N.Y. star, Meany won 17 A.A.U. national titles […]
Lou Handley
Lou Handley (Swimming. Born, Rome, Italy, 1874; died, New York, NY, Dec. 28, 1956.) Though something of an athlete himself in his youth, Louis deBreda Handley achieved his greatest fame after emigrating to America as a swimming coach. Handley was the principal coach for the Women’s Swimming Association of New York, the primary source for […]
Charlotte Epstein
Charlotte Epstein (Swimming. Born, New York, NY, Sept. 17, 1884; died, New York, NY, Aug. 26, 1938.) Of the true pioneers of athletics for women, Charlotte Epstein ranks near the top. Epstein was one of the organizers of the National Women’s Life Saving League and in Oct. 1917, led the formation of the Women’s Swimming […]
Gertrude Ederle
Gertrude Ederle (Swimming. Born, New York, NY, Oct. 23, 1906; died, Wyckoff, NJ, Nov. 30, 2003.) As the youngest athlete ever to set a world record in a major sport, the first woman to swim the English Channel and a performer who once set seven world records in a single day, Gertrude Caroline Ederle is […]
