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No. The only people ever recorded to have done this without flotation aids are Jesus Christ and his disciples, when Christ was rescuing the others from a sinking boat (whether one believes this was a miracle, or that Christ was actually walking on a submerged sandbank, is open to debate). But other than this example, no. A French inventor in the late 19th Century perfected 'foot canoes', which were like a pair of miniature kayaks that were worn one on each foot and enabled the wearer to skate along on water rather like wearing roller-skates. These never caught on, I think because they were considered too dangerous if you overturned. Some acrobats and stunt-performers are able to 'jump' across short stretches of water whilst holding a heavy weight in each hand, using the same principles of motional dynamics as apply when you skim a stone across a pond.

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