Juliette Gardelle

Juliette Gardelle sometimes written as Julia Gardelle (17 July 1898 - 21 September 1990) was a French competitive swimmer between 1913 and 1927. She was a member of Mouettes de Paris, later CNP and later of Gascony cadets in 1927.

Juliette Gardelle
Juliette Gardelle en 1922.jpg
Gardelle in 1922
Personal information
Born17 July 1898[1]
2nd arrondissement of Lyon, France
Died21 September 1990
Blois, France
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubMouettes de Paris
CNP
Gascony cadets

Career

In 1922 Gardelle won the France long distance freestyle swimming champion [fr] in Tourcoing. This was the first time this national championship was held. In 1922 she also became Champion of Paris in the long distance.[2]

She won the Swimming across Paris [fr] four times in 1921, 1922 and 1926 (sometimes as an amateur, sometimes as a professional), after finishing second in the event in 1917, 1918 and 1919 (as well as in 1924).[2]

In 1922 she was a member of the French national team that competed at the 1922 Women's Olympiad in Monte Carlo, about the earliest international women's swimming championships. She competed in the longest swimming distance, the 400 metre freestyle event.[2]

Personal life

Gardelle was the sister of Renée (born 1900), Henriette (1905-1928) and Ella were all swimmers. Henriette Gardelle finished second in the swim across Paris in 1921 and third in 1923. Under her married name, Prévost-Gardelle, she finished third again in 1925 and 1926.[2] Gardelle married in Paris in 1935 to Paul Armand Félix Daguerre, a builder from Toulouse. She worked as a housekeeper.[3]

References

  1. Archives municipales de Lyon, état-civil numérisé du 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, acte de naissance N°1955 of 1898.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Velez, Anne (2010). "LES FILLES DE L'EAU. UNE HISTOIRE DES FEMMES ET DE LA NATATION EN FRANCE(1905-1939)" (PDF). Université d’Angers (in français). Retrieved 10 November 2022 – via tel.archives-ouvertes.fr.
  3. Archives de Paris, état-civil numérisé du 7th arrondissement of Paris, vue 10 de la numérisation, acte de mariage N°1949 of 23 November 1935.