What is Marie Harris?
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Marie Harris | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = British | strokes = | club = [[Battersea Swimming Club]] | coach = professor Barrows | birth_date = {{birth year|1893}} | birth_place = | death_date = 20th-century | death_place = | height = <!-- {{convert|x.xx|m|ftin|abbr=on}} --> | weight = <!-- {{convert|xx|kg|lb st|abbr=on}} --> | show-medals =yes | medaltemplates = }} '''Marie Harris''' (born 1893) was a British [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] in the early 20th-century from [[London]]. She was one of the earliest British female international swimmers. Harris was a member of the Battersea Swimming Club and was trained by professor Barrows.<ref name=Velez /> As of 1906 Harris had won around twenty medals in school championships. In 1906 she won the ''Harry Lewis Cup'' at the London Girls Championship. In 1907 she won the ''Georges White Shield''. In 1907 she competed at the 1907 international Ondine de Paris swimming competitions in [[Paris]], France. She competed in the international 200 metre event, in the international 60 metre event and finished sixth in the diving event.<ref name=Velez>{{cite web|last=Velez|first=Anne|url=https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00608847/PDF/TheseVELEZ.pdf |title= LES FILLES DE L’EAU. UNE HISTOIRE DES FEMMES ET DE LA NATATION EN FRANCE(1905-1939)|work=Université d’Angers|date=2010|via=tel.archives-ouvertes.fr|access-date=10 November 2022|language=fr}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Marie}} [[Category:British swimmers]] [[Category:British divers]] [[Category:Sportswomen]] [[Category:1893 births]] [[Category:Year of death missing]] [[Category:Sportspeople from London]]