David Miln Smith, Date of Birth

    

David Miln Smith

American swimmer

Date of Birth: 17-Oct-1938

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About David Miln Smith

  • David Miln Smith (born October 17, 1938) is a speaker and adventure athlete.
  • He was the first man to swim from Africa to Europe across the Strait of Gibraltar, which he did twice, first in 1966, and again in 1967.
  • He made a name for himself in the 1960s and 1970s with a series of extreme and international multi-sports events, such as "Everyman's Olympics" and the "Peace Pentathlon." The latter got him on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1970, where he was dubbed "Super Hippie." Throughout the next few decades, he wrote books on yoga and health, and was the recurrent guest adventurer on television shows such as Johnny Carson's Tonight Show.
  • Johnny Carson said, β€œHe travels around the world doing all the things you want to do.” The Today Show called him "the King of the Risk Takers".

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