What is Dora Herxheimer?
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Dora Herxheimer | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = British | occupation = swimmer, artist | birth_date = {{birth date|1884|8|4|df=y}} | birth_place = [[London]], United Kingdom | death_date = {{death date and age|1967|7|2|1884|8|4|df=y}} | death_place = [[New York]], United States | height = <!-- {{convert|x.xx|m|ftin|abbr=on}} --> | weight = <!-- {{convert|xx|kg|lb st|abbr=on}} --> }} '''Dora Herxheimer''' with married name '''Heidrich''' (4 August [[1884]] - 2 July 1967) was a [[British people|British]] [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] and [[artist]].<ref name=Velez /> ==Swimming== Herxheimer started swimming when she was around 10 years old in 1894 during a family vacation in [[St Leonards-on-Sea]]. She was in 1906 trained by Maurice Richard at the Solférino baths. On 15 July 1906 she took part in the second edition of the {{ill|Traversée de Paris à la nage|fr}}, a main open water swimming competition in [[Paris]]. After many test, she had to swim for instance six kilometre in a swimming pool, her participation was accepted. She finished 10th in a time of 4 hours and 58 miutes. She swam the entire race in breaststroke.<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> ==Art== Herxheimer studied art as a pupil of the German arrist [[Georg Lührig]], probably serving as a model for his work ''Âge et Jeunesse''. In 1906 she joined the courses of the sculptor [[Jacques Marqueste]] in Paris. She owned a studio in the [[14th arrondissement of Paris]] at {{ill|Rue Campagne-Première|fr}}. She was specialized in sculpture of busts, animal art and female p