What is Suzanne Klein?
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Suzanne Klein | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = France | strokes = Freestyle | club = [[Mouettes de Paris]]<br>Association Sportive Algéroise<br>Rugby Association Sportive Algiers | coach = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | show-medals =yes | medaltemplates = }} '''Suzanne Klein''' was a French-Algerian competitive [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] from [[Paris]]. She was specialized in the freestyle. She won multiple medals at French national swimming championships and became African record holder in the 100 metre freestyle.<ref name=Velez /> ==Affiliations== Klein was a member of [[Mouettes de Paris]] where she became assistant secretary in 1922. After moving to Algiers she became a member of Association Sportive Algéroise and later the Rugby Association Sportive Algiers.<ref name=Velez /> ==Biography== ===Personal life=== Klein lived in the [[17th arrondissement of Paris]]. She moved to [[Algiers]] in [[Algeria]] in the summer of 1922. She worked as a [[shorthand]] typist.<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> ===Swimming career=== The first main swimming competition Klein participated in was in November 1920 at the swimming festival of the CNP. In August 1921 she won the 200 metre swimming race at the {{ill|Port of Algiers|fr|Port d'Alger}}. In August 1922 she finished second in the 400 metre freestyle event a the national championships in a time of 8:13.6. The next year she became again second at the French national championships in the 1000 metre f