Dora Herxheimer
Herxheimer started swimming when she was around 10 years old in 1894 during a family vacation in St Leonards-on-Sea. She was in 1906 trained by Maurice Richard at the Solférino baths. On 15 July 1906 she took part in the second edition of the , a main open water swimming competition in Paris. After many test,  she had to swim for instance six kilometre in a swimming pool, her participation was accepted. She finished 10th in a time of 4 hours and 58 miutes. She swam the entire race in breaststroke.