
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 ...
in
Berlin
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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 ...
in
Magdeburg
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Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archdiocese of Magdebur ...
,
Germany
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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
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.
She was born in
Épinal.
References
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
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