What is Marie Baron?
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Marie Baron | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = France | strokes = Freestyle | club = [[Ondine de Paris]] | coach = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | show-medals =yes | medaltemplates = }} '''Marie Baron''' was a French competitive diver and [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] from [[Paris]]. As a member of [[Ondine de Paris]] she competed in the 1900s, in the earliest women's French aquatics history. In 1907 finished second at the first international diving competition in France.<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== The earliest French women's swimming competitions started in the mid 1900s. Baron participated in swimming competition in June 1907 at the competition of [[Ondine de Paris]] in [[Paris]] and in competitions in [[Rouen]] and [[Choisy-le-Roi]]. On 28 July 1907 she competed at the 1907 international Ondine de Paris aquatics competitions in [[Paris]], France. The first international women's aquatics competition in France. Baron finished second in the diving event, together with Frenchwoman [[L. Kircner]]. She also competed in the international 200 metre swimming event and the international 60 metre handicap style race. She swam her last main swimming competition on 23 August 1908 at [[Joinvillele-Pont]].<ref name=Velez /> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Baron, Marie}} [[Category:Swimmers from Paris]] [[Category:French divers]] [[Category:Sportswomen]] [[Category:Year of birth missing]] [[Category:Year of