Margaret Hauser
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Margaret Hauser was an American open water swimmer from Long Beach, California.
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- On 15-16 January 1927, she swam 19 hours 26 minutes in an attempt to complete the 32.3 km Wrigley Ocean Marathon Swim, a professional channel race sponsored by William Wrigley, Jr. who owned the Santa Catalina Island Company in order to promote Catalina Channel. The swim offered a cash prize of US$25,000 to the winner between Catalina Island and Point Vicente on the Southern Californian mainland.
- Hauser and Martha Stager of Portland, Oregon, were awarded prize money of US$2,500, despite not completing the race. Only a mile from the finish line, Hauser was pulled from the water by her husband/trainer after 19 hours 26 minutes, making her the contestant who lasted the longest.
External links
- Myriad Musings While Marathoning
- Racing For Half A Million Dollars Across The Catalina Channel
- Night Swimming On A Wolf Moon
- Racing For Half A Million Dollars Across The Catalina Channel
- Catalina Channel Swimming Federation
- Marathon Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- History of the Catalina Channel
- Wrigley Ocean Marathon Swim in Sports Illustrated
- George Young Day
