Jeannette Campbell
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Born | Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France | 8 March 1916||||||||||||||
Died | 15 January 2003 Buenos Aires, Argentina | (aged 86)||||||||||||||
Spouse | Roberto Peper | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
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Jeannette Morven Campbell (8 March 1916 – 15 January 2003) was a naturalized Argentine
Along her career, Campbell won 12 South American titles and 13 Argentine titles. She is regarded as one of the most notable Argentine female athletes of all time.[5][3][4]
Early life
She was born in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France, when her parents were traveling through Europe. She became an Argentine citizen after the family moved to the neighborhood of Belgrano in the city of Buenos Aires.[4]
Career
Campbell started her sporting career at Belgrano Athletic Club,[6] where she met Ricardo Peper, who later became his coach and husband.[3]
Her sister, Dorothy, was Argentina's 100 m freestyle champion.
During the trip on ship to Berlin (that took 21 days) Campbell trained in the swimming pool of the boat in order to arrive in top physical condition for the competition.[2]
She was the flag bearer for Argentina at the opening ceremony of the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[4][7][5]
Campbell died in Belgrano in 2003 at 86 years old.[4] She was mother of two girls, Inés and Susana (who also became an Olympian in 1964),[5][8] and a boy, Roberto Jr. Her legacy and accomplishments were recognised with his induction into the International Swimming Hall of Fame[4] in 1991.[9]
The swimming pool of
References
- ^ "First female competitors at the Olympics by country". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ a b La primera de todas on Argentina Amateur Deporte
- ^ a b c d e Jeanette Campbell, la mujer que dejó una marca indeleble en los Juegos Olímpicos by Melina Sutera on Billiken, 4 Nov 2022
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Jeanette Campbell, la primera mujer argentina que participó y ganó en unos Juegos Olímpicos by Matías Ayrala on Big Bang! News, 8 March 2022
- ^ a b c d La historia de Jeanette Campbell, la primera mujer argentina en ganar una medalla olímpica on Página/12, 6 Aug 2021
- ^ De la pileta del Belgrano Athletic a la Alemania nazi on La Nación, 2 Aug 2016
- ^ La bandera y las mujeres en el deporte argentino on Argentina.gob.ar, 20 June 2020
- ^ Susana Peper on Sports reference
- ^ Jeannette Campbell (ARG) - Honor Swimmer (1991) at the ISHOF