After completing a successful run at the box office, Young Woman and the Sea was released on Disney Plus Hotstar on July 19, 2024. Directed by Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Ronning, Young Woman and the Sea is based on the true story of Trudy Ederle who became the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel. Talking about characters' guide, Young Woman and the Sea features Daisy Ridley as Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle, Christopher Eccleston as Jabez Wolffe, Stephen Graham as Bill Burgess, Tilda Cobham-Hervey as Margaret "Meg" Ederle, Kim Bodnia as Henry Ederle and more in the leading roles. Since you have landed on this page, True Scoop News assumes that you have already watched the movie in theaters or on Disney Plus Hotstar and are wondering about real life Trudy Ederle & her death reason. Below is all about real-life Trudy Ederle shown in Young Woman and the Sea True Story-
Who was Trudy Ederle?
On August 6, 1926, American swimmer Gertrude 'Trudy' Ederle took on an unthinkable challenge that would change the landscape of women's sport forever. Real-life Trudy Ederle started swimming competitively as a teenager becoming the youngest world record holder in the freestyle event before rising through the US ranks to qualify for the 1924 Olympics in Paris.
As per Sky Sports, after being pulled out of the water during her first attempt, Trudy changed her coach and trained with Englishman Bill Burgess, one of five men to successfully swim the English Channel at the time. Trudy made sporting history a year later on her second attempt completing the swim in a time of 14 hours and 31 minutes, breaking the men's record by almost two hours in a groundbreaking sporting moment.
For her achievement, New York City honoured her in August 1926 with their first ticker-tape parade for a woman. It was the biggest parade for an athlete in New York as over two million people came out to cheer her success.
The official synopsis of the movie reads, "Daisy Ridley stars as the accomplished swimmer who was born to immigrant parents in New York City in 1905. Through the steadfast support of her older sister and supportive trainers, she overcame adversity and the animosity of a patriarchal society to rise through the ranks of the Olympic swimming team and complete the staggering achievement – a 21-mile trek from France to England."
How did Trudy Ederle's die?
As per reports, Trudy Ederle had poor hearing since childhood due to measles, and by the 1940s she was almost completely deaf. The swimmer never got married and she was living in a nursing home in 2001. Trudy Ederle died on November 30, 2003, in Wyckoff, New Jersey, at the age of 98.