Suzanne Bertrand

Suzanne Bertrand was a French competitive swimmer and dancer from Paris during the early 1920s. She was a member of Libellule de Paris.

Suzanne Bertrand

Personal information
National team	France
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	Libellule de Paris

Career

Swimming

Bertrand was most succesfull in 1920. On 7 June she won the 100 metre event at the swimming event organized by the "Ligue Maritime Française". On 18 July she won the 50 metre debutant competition. Near the end of the year she won the 100 metre event in Château-Landon. During the year she also competed a other swimming competitions, including at the national championships and the championships of Paris. In 1922 she was a member of the French national team that competed at the 1922 Women's Olympiad in Monte Carlo, about the earliest international women's swimming championships. She competed in the 100 metre freestyle event and in the 200 metre breaststroke event. In the 100 metre freestyle heats she competed in her heat against the Belgian Germaine van Dievoet who won the heat, the Dutch Alida Bolten and British Ayden.

Dancing

As a dancer she practiced dancing at the school of Jeanne Ronsay. At the 1922 Women's Olympiad she participated in the gymnastics dancing demonstration event.

Personal life

Bonnet lived in Paris. She was the sister of water polo player M. Bertrand, who played with La Libellule de Paris.

Other websites

• Image of the dancing demonstration at the 1922 Olympiad