What is Françoise Letellier?
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Françoise Letellier | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | fullname = Francoise Jeanne Letellier | nickname = | nationality = French | national_team = | strokes = [[breaststroke]] | club = [[Mouettes de Paris]]<br>[[Racing club de France]]<br>[[Stade français]] | coach = | birth_date = {{birth date|1920|3|19|df=y}} | birth_place = [[11th arrondissement of Paris]], France | death_date = {{death date and age|2011|8|15|1920|3|19|df=y}} | death_place = [[Issy-les-Moulineaux]], France | height = 1.69 metre | weight = | show-medals =yes | medaltemplates = }} '''Francoise Jeanne Letellier''' (19 March 1920 — 15 August 2011) was a French [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] from [[Paris]] during the 1930s.<ref>[https://deces.matchid.io/id/VKdaXspzMkmA LETELLIER Francoise Jeanne], Fichier des décès</ref> She did the [[breaststroke]]. She was three times times national champion and three time beat the national record (100 metre and 200 metre breaststroke). Letellier was a member of [[Mouettes de Paris]] and later of [[Racing club de France]] and [[Stade français]] in 1937.<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== She started with swimming on the advice of the family doctor to improve her lung capacity. In July 1927, she obtained her school swimming certificate. Her first main achievement is in 1933, winning the bronze medal at the national championships in the 200 metre breaststroke in a time of 3:40.6. Two years later she won again the bronze medal at the national championships, now in a time of 3:34. At the end of the year she broke the national record o