What is L. Kirchner?
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = L. Kirchner | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = British | strokes = | club = [[Battersea Swimming Club]] | coach = professor Barrows | birth_date = 19th-century | 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 = }} '''L. Kirchner''' was a British [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] and diver in the early 20th-century from [[London]]. She was one of the earliest British female international swimmers. Footman was a member of the Battersea Swimming Club and was trained by professor Barrows.<ref name=Velez /> As of 1907 Kirchner Footman had 22 swimming victories. However her specialty was diving, winning for instance the Ealing Open Diving Competition. She competed at the 1907 international Ondine de Paris aquatics competitions in [[Paris]], France. The first international women's aquatics competition in France. Kirchner finished second in the diving event, together with Frenchwoman [[Marie Baron]]. In the international 200 metre swimming event she finished fifth. She also competed in the international 60 metre handicap style race.<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:Kirchner, L.}} [[Category:British swimmers]] [[Category:British divers]] [[Category:Sportswomen]] [[Category:19th-century births]] [[Category:20th-century births]] [[Category:Year of birth missing]] [[Category:Year of death missing]] [[Cate