What is Joséphine Oberle?
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Joséphine Oberle | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | national_team = France | strokes = [[breaststroke]] | club = [[Sports Réunis de Colmar]] | coach = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = <!-- {{convert|x.xx|m|ftin|abbr=on}} --> | weight = <!-- {{convert|xx|kg|lb st|abbr=on}} --> | show-medals =yes | medaltemplates = }} '''Joséphine Oberle''' was a French competitive [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] from [[Colmar]] during the 1920s. She was specialized in the [[breaststroke]]. Oberle was a member of [[Sports Réunis de Colmar]] and the early French national team. Oberle became France national champion in August 1921 at the inaugural 200 metres breaststroke event. With a time of 3:54.6 she also set a new French record. She was selected to represent France at the [[Aquatics at the 1922 Women's Olympiad|1922 Women's Olympiad]] in [[Monte Carlo]]. She competed in the [[Swimming at the 1922 Women's Olympiad – 200 metre breaststroke|200 metre breaststroke event]]. Later in 1922 she won the bronze medal at the France national championships in a time of 4:06.6 in [[Tourcoing]]. In 1926 she won with her team the ''Petit Pariesien cup'' in [[Paris]] on 22 August.<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}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Oberle, Josephine}} [[Category:French swimmers]] [[Category:Sportswomen]] [[Category:Year of birth missing]] [[Category:Year of death missing]] [[Category:People from Colmar]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Grand Est]] {{sports-bio-stub}}