What is Eugénie Decorne?
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Eugénie Decorne | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = French | strokes = | club = [[Ondine de Paris]]<br>[[Mouettes de Paris]] | coach = | birth_date = late 19th-century | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date|1912|8|12|df=y}} | death_place = | height = <!-- {{convert|x.xx|m|ftin|abbr=on}} --> | weight = <!-- {{convert|xx|kg|lb st|abbr=on}} --> | show-medals =yes | medaltemplates = }} '''Eugénie Decorne''' (died 12 August 1912) was a French [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] in the 1900s and 1910s from [[Paris]]. She was a member of [[Ondine de Paris]] and [[Mouettes de Paris]].<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><ref name=ref2>{{cite web|url=http://www.chronomaitres.fr/_media/n3-eugenie-decorne-et-le-cac.pdf |title=Aquarétro ! Eugénie Decorne|work=ChronoMaîtres|access-date=2 January 2023|language=fr}}</ref> ==Career== On 22 September 1907 she competed in the first breaststroke competition over 25 metres. The next year she became French national champion in the 100 metres event in a time of 2:01. In August she also the Femina race of the 6th edition of the world championships, organized by newspaper L'Auto in a time of 1:48.4. The same year she also won the 100 metres event in [[Joinville-le-Pont]]. She finished second in [[La Villette]] (60 metres) and Port Vitry (50 metres). In 1909 she became for the second time French national champion in the 100 metres event; in a time of 1:26. At the national CNP competitions she won the 50 metres event. Other prizes she won in 1909 were a second place in [[Abbevill