ESPN ran an outstanding article on the remarkable Lynne Cox and her unparalleled career.

The long-time Seal Beach, California resident, renowned author, and adventurist has inspired and enabled millions of people around the world is think positively and perform extraordinarily outside the lines.

The ESPN article is here.

She is undoubtedly one of the most renowned luminaries in the sport of open water swimming. Her first name is immediately recognizable in the open water swimming community. Like the other individuals known by one name listed below, her reputation and exploit, swims and successes, travels and writings are extraordinarily well-known among open water swimmers and many people in the general public:

1. Lynne (Cox), USA
2. Ram (Barkai), South Africa
3. Ned (Denison), Ireland
4. Maarten (van der Weijden), Netherlands
5. Thomas (Lurz), Germany
6. Keri-Anne (Payne), Great Britain
7. Freda (Streeter), Great Britain
8. Penny (Palfrey), Australia
9. Philip (Rush), New Zealand
10. Kevin (Murphy), Great Britain
11. Greta (Andersen), USA
12. Nuala (Moore), Ireland
13. Nejib (Belhedi), Tunisia
14. Nick (Adams), Great Britain
15. Julie (Bradshaw), Great Britain
16. Petar (Stoychev), Bulgaria
17. Ous (Mellouli), Tunisia
18. Claudio (Plit), Argentina
19. Colin (Hill), Great Britain
20. Forrest (Nelson), USA
21. Ron (Collins), USA
22. Annaleise (Carr), Canada
23. Trent (Grimsey), Australia
24. Natalie (du Toit), South Africa
25. Stephen (Redmond), Ireland
26. Lewis (Pugh), South Africa
27. Diana (Nyad), USA
28. Shelley (Taylor-Smith), Australia
29. Charlie (Gravett), Jersey
30. Martin (Strel), Slovenia

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