Lynne Cox
American swimmer (born 1957) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lynne Cox (born January 2, 1957)[1] is an American long-distance open-water swimmer, writer and speaker. She is best known for being the first person to swim between the United States and the Soviet Union,[2][3] in the Bering Strait, a feat which has been recognized for easing the Cold War tensions between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.[4][5][6][7]
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Born | (1957-01-02) January 2, 1957 (age 67) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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Sport | Swimming |
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