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Linda McGill
Linda Carol McGill (born 17 December 1945), also known by her married name Linda Kruk, is an Australian former competition swimmer noted both for achievements at the Commonwealth Games and in long-distance swimming.
==Career==
At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, McGill won the bronze medal in the women's 110-yard butterfly, the silver medal in the women's 440-yard individual medley, and the gold medal in the 4×110-yard medley relay.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1962 Australian Team and Results )〕 In 1964, she was banned by amateur swimming authorities for alleged misbehavior at the Tokyo Olympic Games.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=McGill, Linda )〕 She became a long distance swimmer, becoming the first Australian to swim the English Channel in 1965,〔 swimming topless and posing topless for press photographs after the swim. On this swim, she missed setting a then-world women's record by just 11 minutes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Channel Swim Easy for Linda McGill )〕 In an effort to beat the record, she formally petitioned for and was granted permission from the Channel Swimming Association to swim topless.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Swimmer in Channel Topless )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Topless Swimmer )〕 In 1967, she beat the record with a time of just under 10 hours.〔 In 1976, swimming topless, she became the first person ever to swim around Hong Kong, accomplishing this in 17 hours.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Linda swims around Hong Kong )〕
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