What is Jeanne Decorne?
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Jeanne Decorne | image = Female mail carrier during WWI.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Decorne working as a mail carrier during [[WWI]] | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = French | strokes = | club = [[Ondine de Paris]]<br>Sirènes<br>[[Mouettes de Paris]]<br>[[Postes, Télégraphes et Téléphones (France)|Postes, Télégraphes et Téléphones]] sports club | coach = | birth_date = 19th-century | birth_place = | death_date = 20th-century | death_place = | height = <!-- {{convert|x.xx|m|ftin|abbr=on}} --> | weight = <!-- {{convert|xx|kg|lb st|abbr=on}} --> | show-medals =yes | medaltemplates = }} '''Jeanne Decorne''' was a French [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] and swimming administrator in the 1900s and 1910s from [[Alfortville]]. ==Affiliations== She was a member of [[Ondine de Paris]] and later of Sirènes, where she also was the president. In 1908, she joined [[Mouettes de Paris]] where she became the vice-president. She also represented the sports club of [[Postes, Télégraphes et Téléphones (France)|Postes, Télégraphes et Téléphones]].<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> ==Career== Her first swimming competitions were in 1907. The next year she won several swimming competitions, including at the second day of the world championships the 100 metres event in a time of 1:48.6. In the 100 metres event at the national championships she finished second behind her daughter [[Eugénie Decorne]]. Over the next years she also won several swimming competitions, including the women's category at the 1912 and 1913 {{ill|Traversée de Lille à la nage|fr}} open wat