Irène Dubettier

Irène Dubettier also written as Irène Dubetier (8 September 1921 - 10 September 2015) was a French swimmer. She was specialized in the freestyle. She was a member of Cercle des nageurs de Villefranche-sur-Saône. She died serving the army in World War I.

Biography
Swimming career
In 1934 she competed at the France-Hungary international meeting. In 1935, she won a 1500 metre race in Lac du Bourget. She became in 1936 and 1937 junior French champion in the 100 metre freestyle. In 1936 she also became national champion in the 200 metre breaststroke in a time of 3:27.2. She was named in the media as a "wonder child", because her time was close to the record of 3:25.4 at the time. She wins the silver medal in at the 1937 national championships in the 100 metre freestyle and 400 metre freestyle.

In 1938 she competed at the France-Germany international meeting. In July she became national champion in the 100 metre freestyle and won the bronze medal in the 400 metre freestyle. The next year in 1939 she won the silver medal in the 100 metre freestyle at the national championships.

Personal life
Dubetier was born in Lyon in 1921. Her father was Louis Dubetier, a conductor at the Compagnie des omnibuses et tramways de Lyon. Her mother was furrier Hélène Marie Joséphine Beltramo. The family lived in Trévoux. She married in 1942 in Villefranche-sur-Saône. Dubetier died in 2015 in Le Muy, two days after her 94th birthday.

References

Category:French swimmers
Category:Sportspeople from Lyon
Category:Sportswomen
Category:1921 births
Category:2015 deaths