Jacqueline Seignol

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Jacqueline Seignol
Personal information
Full nameJacqueline Hélène Seignol
NationalityFrance
Born20 December 1921
8th arrondissement of Paris, France
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokes100 metre backstroke
ClubMouettes de Paris
Racing club de France

Jacqueline Hélène Seignol (born 20 December 1921) was a French competitive swimmer from Paris during the 1930s and 1940s. She was specialized in the 100 metre backstroke. She was national champion in the 100 metre backstroke.

Biography[change | change source]

Early life and family[change | change source]

Seignol was born in Paris in 1921. She was ther of Édouard Frédéric Charles Seignol, an industrialist, and his wife Marguerite Henriette Gillet.[1] Her sister Hélène Seignol (1923-1999) also participated in some swimming competitions in the early 1940s.[2][3]

Swimming career[change | change source]

One of her first main championships, was in 1933 when Seignol participated at the championships of Paris. In 1936 she became the junior French champion in the 100 metre backstroke event and 100 metre breaststroke event. The next year in July 1937 she won the silver medal at the senior France national championships in the 100 metre backstroke event in a time of 1:27.90. She won again the silver medal in 1938 in the 100 metre backstroke in a time of 1:26.4. In 1939 she became national champion at the France 100m backstroke swimming championships [fr] in a time of 1:21.3.[4] Seignol retired from swimming shortly before her wedding, that took place in Paris in 1946.[5][6]

References[change | change source]

  1. Acte de naissance No 3197, 20 December 1921, 8th arrondissement of Paris, Archives de Paris (with marginal mention of marriage)
  2. "Fichier des décès de l'Insee". arbre.app (in French).
  3. F. L. (13 June 1944). "Le Racing compte sur Hélène Seignol pour tenter le record féminin des 3 x 100 mètres". L'Auto-vélo (in French). p. 2 – via Gallica.
  4. 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.
  5. "Les sports". Le Matin (in French). 15 August 1944. p. 2 – via Gallica.
  6. Acte de mariage No 1281, 16 December 1946, 8th arrondissement of Paris, Archives de Paris