Simone Gardet

Simone Cécile Andrée Gardet (31 August 1919 — 25 October 2008) was a French swimmer from Paris during the 1930s. She specialized in the breaststroke. She was four times national champion and eight times beat a national record (100 metre and 200 metre breaststroke).

Simone Gardet

Personal information
Full name	Simone Cécile Andrée Gardet
Nationality	French
Born	(1919-08-31)31 August 1919 19th arrondissement of Paris, France
Died	25 October 2008(2008-10-25) (aged 89) Baltimore, France
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	breaststroke
Club	Club des Nageurs de Paris

Letellier was a member of Club des Nageurs de Paris.

Biography

Gardet was the daughter of a swimmer. Her older sister Colette Gardet was also a swimmer, but was not as successful as Simone. She started swimming with Club des Nageurs de Paris. She was signed up by her enthused father after attending a swim meet. In 1937 and 1938 she became champion of Paris in the 200 metre breaststroke. In these two years she won the silver medal at the national championships in the 200 metre breaststroke, behind Françoise Letellier. Later in 1938 she broke two times the national 200 metre breaststroke and twice the national record in the 100 metre breaststroke. In 1939 she broke again two times the national record in both the 100 metre breaststroke and 200 metre breaststroke. Gardet became French swimming champion in the 200m breaststroke in 1939, 1941, 1942 and 1943.

Due to World War II she was forced to settle in the South of France, with her mother and sister. She didn't continue with swimming after the war. In 1948, she married to Watson Blake Poe in Baltimore, a city where they settled. She died in Baltimore in 2008.