What is Solita Salgado?
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Solita Salgado | image = Solita Salgado 1928.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Salgado in 1928 | fullname = María Soledad Salgado | nickname = | nationality = Colombian<br>French (from 1928) | national_team = | strokes = [[freestyle]], [[backstroke]] | club = [[Mouettes de Paris]] | coach = | birth_date = {{birth date|1914|7|7|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Bogota]], Colombia | death_date = {{death date and age|1987|1|13|1914|7|7|df=y}} | death_place = [[Paris]], France | height = | weight = | show-medals =yes | medaltemplates = }} '''María Soledad Salgado''' (7 July 1914 — 13 January 1987) was a Colombian-born French [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] and [[military]]. She was specialized in the [[freestyle]] and [[backstroke]]. She was a member of [[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> ==Personal life== Salgado was born in Colombia in 1914. She was the daughter of a Colombian businessman who maried a French woman from the [[Jura]]. She moved to Paris in 1915, but lived between 1918 and 1923 for five years in Colombia after which she returned again to Paris. She got the French citizenship in 1928. ==Swimming career== Salgado learned swimming in 1923 at the Cuisance river. She went to the pool every Thursdag and had lessons of professor Sampa.<ref name=Velez /> Salgado participated on 21 August 21 1927 at the {{ill|Traversée de Paris à la nage|fr}}, an open water race in Paris over 8 kilometres.<ref name=Velez /> She became in 1929 and 1932 French national champion in the 100 meter backstroke and in 1929 and 1934 French national champion in