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My Take
Lynne Cox is the rare athlete whose feats read like something out of a thriller. Becoming the first person to swim the Bering Strait between the United States and the Soviet Union, in freezing open water, is staggering on its own, and the idea that it helped ease Cold War tensions between Reagan and Gorbachev gives it a weight most sports stories never reach. I admire that she didn't stop at the swimming; she became a writer and speaker, turning physical endurance into stories worth reading. Born in 1957, raised toward Los Alamitos, she strikes me as someone who understood that crossing water could mean crossing more than distance.
Overview
Lynne Cox (born January 2, 1957) 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, across the Bering Strait, a feat which has been recognized for easing Cold War tensions between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lynne Cox
- Name (Japanese)
- リン・コックス
- Reading
- りん・こっくす
- Born
- January 1, 1957 (age 69)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Rooster
- Origin
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- swimmer / writer / author
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Los Alamitos High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.lynnecox.com
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.