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of Fame (ISHOF) as an
Honour Open Water Pioneer
Swimmer. In addition, a
documentary, Mercedes: The
Spirit of a New Age, has been
made about Gleitze’s
swimming career by Northern
Ireland producer Clare
Delargy, and a feature film is
underway. Mercedes’
daughter, Doloranda Pember,
meanwhile, has just finished
writing a fully illustrated
chronicle of her mother’s