What is Aline Manson?
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Aline Manson | image = Aline Manson 1928.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Manson in 1928 | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = French | national_team = France | strokes = [[breaststroke]] | club = [[Mouettes de Paris]]<br>[[Club des Nageurs de Paris]]<br>[[Cercle des Nageurs d'Antibes]] | coach = | birth_date = {{birth date|1912|11|12|df=y}} | birth_place = [[2nd arrondissement of Paris]], France | death_date = {{death date and age|2001|1|20|1912|12|12|df=y}} | death_place = [[Fontenay-lès-Briis]], France | height = | weight = | show-medals =yes | medaltemplates = }} '''Aline Manson''' (12 November 1912 — 20 January 2001) was a French competitive [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] from [[Paris]] during the late 1920s and early 1930s. She was specialized in the 200 metre breaststroke event and became multiple times national champion and national record holder. She also competed in long distance swimming events and won prizes at the {{ill|Traversée de Paris à la nage|fr}}. She was a member of the national team at the [[1931 European Aquatics Championships]]. Manson was a member of [[Mouettes de Paris]] and later moved to [[Club des Nageurs de Paris]]. She was trained by Georges Hermant. Later she was a member of [[Mouettes de Paris]]. In 1932, she graduated from the swimming club [[Cercle des Nageurs d'Antibes]].<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> ==Biography== Her first main competition was in February 1927 in [[Butte-aux-Cailles]].<ref name=Velez /> In 1928 she became champion of Paris in the 400 metre freestyle event (in a time of 7:56.2) on and won