What is Marceline Wurtz?
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Marceline Wurtz | image = Melle Marceline Wurtz jeune nageuse -...-Agence de btv1b90543281.jpeg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Wurtz in 1921 | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = France | strokes = | club = [[Mouettes de Paris]] | coach = | birth_date = {{birth year|1909}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and given age|1927|6||18|df=on}} | death_place = | height = | weight = | show-medals =yes | medaltemplates = }} '''Marceline Wurtz''' (1909 - June 1927) was a French competitive [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] from Paris. She was a member of [[Mouettes de Paris]].<ref name=Velez /><ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=https://data.bnf.fr/fr/16747694/marceline_wurtz/ |title=Marceline Wurtz (1909-1927)|work=data.bnf.fr|date=|access-date=3 January 2023|language=fr}}</ref> ==Biography== Wurtz started swimming a at young age. Already in 1913, at the age of four, she competed in a 50 metre event of the [[Nouveau Cirque]] in Paris and in 1917 she took part in the youth 100 metre eventduring the Mouettes championships in [[Nogent-le-Perreux]]. From 16 May to 26 May she took part in major meetings of the [[Nouveau Cirque]].<ref name=Velez /> From 1919 she competed in main swimming competitions. She finished third at the 1919 championships of Paris in the 100 metre breaststroke event. In 1920 she won the women's {{ill|Traversée de Lille à la nage|fr}}. After competing for the first time in the {{ill|Traversée de Paris à la nage|fr}} in 1920, she finished second in the women's category in 1922.<ref name=Velez /> ==Personal life== Wurtz was born in 1909. Her father (born in 1875) was three times wounded in the war. Her sister was Olympic swimmer [[Suzanne Wurtz]].<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