Atina Bojadži was Yugoslav marathon swimmer who crossed the English Channel in 1969, being the first person from Yugoslavia to do southern
Career
She became the first woman from former Yugoslavia to swim across the English Channel in 1969.
Achievements
Nicknamed the "Ohrid Dolphin" after her lakeside hometown, Bojadži won several national and international long-distance swimming races. The achievement inspired a 1977 movie about her life and earned her sporting honors in her native Macedonia after it declared independence in 1991.