What is Albertine Ledoux?
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Albertine Ledoux | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = France | strokes = 100 metre [[backstroke]] | club = [[Enfants de Neptune de Tourcoing]] | coach = | birth_date = 1911 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | show-medals =yes | medaltemplates = }} '''Albertine Ledoux''' (born 1911) was a French competitive [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] from [[Tourcoing]] during the 1920s. She was specialized in the 100 metre [[backstroke]]. She was a member of [[Enfants de Neptune de Tourcoing]].<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== ===Swimming career=== In 1925, she became the first time national champion at the {{ill|France 100m backstroke swimming championships|fr|Championnes de France de natation en bassin de 50 m du 100 m dos}} with a time of 1:37.2. With her team, she also won the National Cup. A week later, on 23 August 1925, she beat the French national record in the 100 metre backstroke with a time of 1:34 in [[Tourelles]]. The next year, she broke the national record 100 metre backstroke three times. On 21 February 1926 with a time of 1:33.8 in [[Lille]], on 4 July in with time of 1:32.4 in [[Tourcoing]] and on 7 November with a time of 1:31.6 again in Tourcoing. In August in the same year she became for the second consecutive time national champion in the 100 metre backstroke with a time of 1:35.8.<ref name=Velez /> ===Personal life=== Ledoux was born in 1911 as the daughter of great merchants. Her older sister [[Marguerite Ledoux]] was also a swimmer who com