Brenda Fisher: One of our own
Brenda Fisher: One of our own is a documentary film, directed by Kurt Mussell about the life and achievements of English Channel swimmer Brenda Fisher. It was released in 2019.
Documentary Film
Brenda Fischer
Brenda Fisher, BEM is a British open water swimmer from Scartho, North East Lincolnshire who crossed the English Channel in August 1951 from France to England in 12 hours 42 minutes to broke the previous women's record of Florence Chadwick in 1950 of 13 hours 20 minutes. She won the 1956 47 km swimming marathon in the Nile River in Egypt, competed in the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy in 1959, crossed the 51 km Lake Ontario from Niagara to Toronto in Canada in 18 hours 50 minutes in 1956 that was 2 hours 6 minutes faster than the previous record set by Marilyn Bell.
She appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and became a pin-up girl for 7 Up lemonade. She became a swimming coach after her retirement and worked for the Ross Group.
External links
- Binge Watching Swimming Over The Last Century
- Amazing life of Grimsby's record-breaking Channel swimmer recorded in new book
- Lucy Wood Author
- Blonde In Deep Water article
- Blonde In Deep Water
- Daily Mail and Billy Butlin Cross Channel Swims
- People Who Changed The World Of Open Water Swimming
- Greta Andersen Smiling Brightly Over The Years
- Øresundssvømning Pioneer Sally Bauer
- Channel Swimming Association
- Televised Broadcast of 1957 Race
- Jason Zirganos Circumnavigation Clarified
- Kevin Murphy Versus The North Channel In His Own Words
- Myra Thompson Swam Much More
- The Evolutionary Digitalization Of Open Water Swimming
- Daniel Eulogio Carpio Massioti's Eventful Life
- English Channel Races Of The 1970s
- One Of The All-Time Greats Writes His Memoirs
- Racing Across The English Channel In The 1970s, 1980s
- The 1951 Daily Mail Race Across The English Channel
- Brenda Fisher Wins Nile Swim 1956
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Blonde In Deep Water, Brenda Fischer
- Brenda Fisher: One Of Our Own
