My mon taught me as I was.. 6 to 8 or so. I love swimming. It's so relaxing.

I had my first swimming lesson when I was 5. I know how to swim and I know how to dive. I cannot dive though, one of my ears cannot manage with the pressure underwater.

Yes. 5 of my summers were spent in hard-core swimming camp. 4 hours of swimming a day (plus additional hiking, running, et cetera). 2 hours, half an hour break, 2 hours. I was merely 6 when I started. :]

[wait, but I knew how to swim before that too; started at 4.]

I learned swimming when I was really young, I can hardly even remember when I started. All kids over here in the Netherlands get swimming lessons at school the first two years or so because we live in a watery country; there are rivers, ponds and all everywhere so it's safer to teach it to them young.

Sadly I haven't swum in a couple of years due to health issues, don't like the pools over here anyway and natural resources are polluted, but I still have all my papers as I also took lifeguard classes for four years. I was a natural talent.

I can doggy paddle :).

I had lessons when I was younger but I forgot what they taught me. I could probably re-teach myself if I really have to, but I don't swim that often. I'm just to lazy to teach myself again if it isn't a life threatening situation. If I'm on holiday and meet friends there that like swimming I usually just get a piggy back from one of them if I want to go somewhere in the pool :P.

I learned when I was 6. My best friend abandoned me when we went for lessons every day though, so I hid in the locker room and cried and stayed there for 2 WEEKS while they were learning how to swim and no one noticed. D:

So now, because of that, I don't know how to swim.

Yeah, i learned when i was about 6. My old school used like one P.E lesson a week to do swimming in too. I used to go swimming with my friends all the time :D

I took swimming lessons when I was like... four o.O So since then I guess. Personally, I think everyone should learn how to at least tread water in case of emergency.

I can swim c: I can't honestly say when I started swimming. We've always had a pool at home, and our parents wanted us (me and my siblings) to be safe so they stuck us in swimming lessons. Guess we all really loved being in the water. As all of us now teach swimming lessons. When I first started teaching I never knew that there were people that couldn't swim, especially adults. Also, there are some people that just can't grasp the concept of swimming.

I -LOVE- swimming. I learned when I was 16... I swallowed -so- much water and practiced like 2-3 hours a day :s XD It got to the point where the bottom of my feet were bleeding from doing so many kickoffs from the side of the wall :s

xD I can do freestyle, backstroke, elementary backstroke, sidestroke, and breast stroke c: I can also dive, but preferably not from a diving board XD

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I love to swim. I learned when I was 6 years old, and since then I spend most of the time when we're at the seaside in water of course. I also like to dive, but I'm not very good at it. My ears start to hurt very quickly.

It kinda surprised me too, but not everybody has/had a chance to learn how to swim. But in our school every kid has swimming lessons (at the age of 8) that are a must.

I taught myself, and I can swim enough to not drown. I get tired easy and can't go under for long though. I fail

[edit] I've been able to swim since I was like 6 basically, but I learned how to really float and go under water when I was 11ish.

I can swim, just not very quickly 😊 I learnt when I was pretty young. About 6? Used to swim quite often, but now I never do, lol. I hate how I look in a swim suit.

I never really learned to swim but it just came natural to me o_o Like i already knew what to do or something xD Its the same thing with skating o-O i just knew how to do it... I don't swim GREATLY but i know enough of it to not drown xD!

I learned how to swim when I was about 7. I had to learn to get certified in diving. (scuba diving) :)

I grew up at the seaside and can't swim. It just seems a bit pointless to me. Oh and I'm 23... I doubt I'll bother to learn now.

I never had official lessons, but I learned when I was about 5. I think everyone should be able to swim just well enough to save themselves or someone else in fairly calm water.

I took swimming lessons from ages 5 to 9 so yes, I can swim. c: The only thing I could never really do was dive. xD

I Know How To Swim , I Was Taught When I Was 6 & Half. Then In Junior School , We Had Extra Swimming Lessons And We Got Ribbons And Certificates And Then We Had To Join The Swimming Team To Get A Certificate And A Medal. I Was In Top Swimming Group ^.^

I Know How To Swim, I Started Going Swimming Lessons When I Was 4 Then In Junior School , We Had Extra Swimming Lessons And We Got Ribbons And Certificates And Then We Had To Join The Swimming Team To Get A Certificate And A Medal Hey Soph HEHE ^.^ '.....'