Gene Perle

The 1958 Atlantic City Around the Island Swim participants included 1. Thomas Park (Canada) 11 hours 52 minutes 45 seconds, 2. Cliff Lumsdon (Canada) 12 hours 9 minutes 0 seconds, 3. Greta Andersen (USA) 12 hours 15 minutes 30 seconds, 4. Tonatiuh Gutiérrez Olguín (Mexico) 12 hours 41 minutes 15 seconds, 5. Helge Jensen (Denmark) 12 hours 47 minutes 5 seconds, 6. Don Sabath (USA) 13 hours 5 minutes 25 seconds, 7. Joanne Florentine (USA) 13 hours 14 minutes 0 seconds, 8. Gene Perle (USA) 13 hours 16 minutes 30 seconds, 9. Aloma Keen (Canada) 13 hours 59 minutes 45 seconds, 10. Paul Herron (USA) 14 hours 21 minutes 12 seconds, DNF: Steve Wozniak (USA), Alfred Goerke (USA), Christa Herbig (USA) with race director James Toomey on far left and safety coordinator Richard Jackson on far right

Dick Miller, Tom Lind, Gene Perle, and Pat Keller at the 1947 Naples Island Swim in Long Beach, California

Gene Perle is an American open water swimmer from Long Beach, California.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

• He won the 1947 Naples Island Swim in Long Beach.
• He finished 8th in the 1958 Atlantic City Around the Island Swim in New Jersey.

External links

• The Best Open Water Swimmers of the 1950's
• Tonatiuh Gutiérrez Olguín, Gentleman, Scholar, Swimmer
• Naples Island, A California Classic
• Nostalgia In Naples
• Hank Wise Honored By The Aquatic Capital Of America
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Naples Island Swim & SUP
• What Goes Around Comes Around