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MARIE MARVINGT was refused permission to
participate in the Tour de France (1908)
because the race was only open to men.
Marvingt cycled the course after the race
She enjoyed many other sports including water polo,
horse riding, athletics, boxing, martial arts
fencing, shooting, tennis, golf, hockey, football,
winter sports ( ski in Africa), and mountaineering
In 1961, at the age of 86, she cycled
from Nancy to Paris: 330 km
1st woman to climb most of the peaks
in the French and Swiss Alps
1st Frenchwoman to swim the length
of the Seine through Paris
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