Thérèse Blondeau (December 4, 1913 – June 28, 2013) was a French swimmer who competed at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

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. She failed to advance beyond the first round of the women's 100 metre backstroke event. She had swum previously at the

1934 European Aquatics Championships The 1934 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held 12–19 August 1934 in Magdeburg, Germany. Medal table Medal summary Diving ;Men's events ;Women's events Swimming ;Men's events ;Women's events Water polo See also *List of E ...

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and was one of the last two surviving French participants at the 1936 Summer Olympics, along with

Noël Vandernotte Noël Vandernotte (25 December 1923 – 18 June 2020) was a French rowing coxswain The coxswain ( , or ) is the person in charge of a boat, particularly its navigation and steering. The etymology of the word gives a literal meaning of "boat s ...

. She was born in Épinal.

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1913 births 2013 deaths Sportspeople from Épinal Olympic swimmers of France Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics French female backstroke swimmers 20th-century French women 21st-century French women {{France-swimming-bio-stub