1st man
No, it is not. It is a verb. It is the irregular past tense of the verb to swim (swim-swam-swum).
"Swum" is the past participle of "swim" (I swim today, I swam yesterday, I have swum there before). I couldn't believe he had swum the English Channel at such a young age.
you said it correctly
in on about above beyond through over under around by into onto
The word "swam" has a short vowel sound. The "a" is pronounced as /æ/ in this word.
Susie Maroney is the Australian that swam from Jamaica to Cuba.
FLORANCE CHADWICK SWAM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
Matthew Webb in 1875
yes
No, swimming the English Channel was her primary achievement
She was the first disabled person who in 1992 swam across the English Channel, in a relay team.
Susie maroney
erdele
A lady who swam the English channel
Gertrude Ederle
Kevin anderson-South Africa's youngest channel swimmer
Susie Maroney, born in Cronulla in NSW in 1974, swam the English Channel in 1991. Susie was 17 when she made the fastest female two way English Channel Crossing, in the time of 17 h 14 mins.