Swimming

Swimming was the act of propelling one's self through water, typically on its surface. When practised competitively on Earth, it was often done in an Olympic-sized pool. Competitive swimming events were often over distances greater than a single length of the pool, requiring swimmers to be able to "flip" efficiently at the end of each length. (PROSE: Father Time)

However, swimming was sometimes done purely recreationally, either in a body of water (TV: Planet of Fire) or a swimming pool, (TV: Paradise Towers) as Ace did on at least one occasion in the TARDIS swimming pool. (PROSE: Loving the Alien)

Swimmers
Miranda was a particularly good swimmer for her age — indeed, she threatened at least one Olympic record — in part because of her flips. (PROSE: Father Time)

The Doctor, too, was a proficient swimmer in many of their incarnations. (TV: Warriors of the Deep, PROSE: The Bodysnatchers, The Devil Goblins from Neptune) The Second Doctor told Serena that he had taken his Gallifrey Lifesaver's Certificate at the Academy. (PROSE: World Game)

Turlough was a good enough swimmer to be able to rescue Peri Brown from apparent drowning in the ocean waters off Lanzarote. (TV: Planet of Fire)

Melanie Bush was a fan of swimming and was swayed to visit Paradise Towers mainly on the strength of its sales pitch about its pool facilities. Unfortunately, her attempt at swimming there was sabotaged by aquatic robots. (TV: Paradise Towers)

According to the Eleventh Doctor, Jo Grant's thirteenth grandchild, who was dyslexic, was also a great swimmer. (TV: Death of the Doctor)