Alice Harlfinger

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Alice Harlfinger
Personal information
National teamFrance
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesbackstroke, freestyle, breastroke
ClubSociété de Natation de Strasbourg
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing France
Women's Olympiad
Gold medal – first place 1922 Monte Carlo 4 x 50 m medley relay
Bronze medal – third place 1922 Monte Carlo 100 m backstroke

Alice Harlfinger sometimes written as Alice Harflinger was a French competitive swimmer from the Alsace during the 1920s. She was a member of Société de Natation de Strasbourg.[1]

In 1921 she won the silver medal at the France 200m breaststroke swimming championships [fr] in Strasbourg behind Joséphine Oberlé with a time of 3:55.2. She won the National Cup in the 4 x 50 metres medley relay. In 1921 she beated the French national record in the 100 metre backstroke with a time of 1:47.8.

In 1922 she was part of the French national team at the 1922 Women's Olympiad, about the earliest international women's swimming championships. She won the gold medal with the French team in the 4 x 50 metre medley relay in a time of 2:56.[2] She won the bronze medal with a time of 1:44.4 in the 100 metres backstroke event behind the Dutch Truus Klapwijk and the British Doris Hart.[3] She also competed in the 200 metre breaststroke event, but didn't win a medal.[4][5] Later the year she won the silver medal at the national championships in the 100 metre backstroke event with a time of 1:46.8.[1]

At the 1923 France 100m backstroke swimming championships [fr] she became national champion in a new Frech record with a time of 1:42.[1]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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 French). Retrieved 10 November 2022 – via tel.archives-ouvertes.fr.
  2. "Zwemmen. Onze zwemsters in Monte Carlo". De Tijd (in Dutch). 24 April 1922. Retrieved 13 October 2022 – via Delpher.
  3. "Zwemmen. Onze zwemsters in Monte Carlo". De Tijd (in Dutch). 24 April 1922. Retrieved 13 October 2022 – via Delpher.
  4. "De wedstrijden te Monte Carlo". Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant (in Dutch). 19 April 1922. Retrieved 13 October 2022 – via Delpher.
  5. "Hollandsche zwemsters te Monte Carlo". De Tijd (in Dutch). 22 April 1922. Retrieved 13 October 2022 – via Delpher.