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Histoty of this fantastic sport!

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Hi everyone! Today we are going to do a little bit of history... .businessinsider.com/underwater-photos-of-synchronized-swimming Synchronized swimming is one of the rare sport that doesn't have a male category, ironically it have been invented by Benjamin Franklin in America! He spent lots of time swimming in the Atlantic Ocean and discovered the benefits of water exercises on human health... On a trip to London in 1724, he performed manoeuvres in the Thames River that he called “ornamental swimming” for the entertainment of observers. Franklin encouraged people to start to practice this activiry, more and more people did. The first water ballet competition on record was held in Berlin, Germany in 1891, before the sport was actually called “synchronized swimming.” It is after this competition that synchronized swimming stared to be popular in Australia, America, Canada and France. Even if Benjamin Franklin is the father of this sport, Annette Kellerman is th
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Esther Williams

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Esther Williams is probably one of the most famous synchronized swimmer and actress! She was known for her glamorous image and all her achievements in life. Her best movie is probably "Million dollar Mermaid". Esther Williams was born in August 1921 in California, and died in 2013 in Los Angeles at the age of 91. Her father was a painter and her mother was a psychologist. Esther Williams was the fifth and youngest child of her family.  She took a job counting towels at the pool to pay the five cent entry fee, and while there, had swimming lessons from a lifeguards. She started  high level competitions really early! But in 1940 she wasn't able to participate to the Summer Olympics because of World War II. After that, she started to appear in small roles in Films, while swimming and competing.Williams made a series of films in the 1940s and early 1950s known as "aquamusicals," which showed elaborate performances with synchronized swimming in
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