Coralie Balmy
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National team | France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1987-06-08) 8 June 1987 (age 36) La Trinité, Martinique | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coralie Balmy (born 8 June 1987) is a French freestyle swimmer. Balmy was born in La Trinité, Martinique.[1] She won her first senior title at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven in the 4 × 200 m relay freestyle. At the same Championships she won the silver medal in the 400 m freestyle with the time of 4:04.15, all-time fourth fastest behind Federica Pellegrini's world record.[2] At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she finished fourth in the 400 m freestyle final.[3] On 6 December 2008 she set the world record for the 200 m freestyle (short course) at the French National Championships in Angers, France in a time of 1:53.16. At the 2012 Summer Olympics her 4 × 200 m freestyle team won the bronze medal in a time of 7:47.49. The split times: Camille Muffat (1:55.51); Charlotte Bonnet (1:57.78); Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne (1:58.05); Coralie Balmy (1:56.15).
- Achievements
- 2007: SC European Championships
- 3rd 200 m freestyle (1:54.43)
- 2008: LC European Championships
- 1st 4×200 m freestyle (7:52.09)
- 2nd 400 m freestyle (4:04.15)
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Coralie Balmy". L'Équipe. Archived from the original on 2 May 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Pellegrini: WR 4:01.53 400 m Free, on swimnews.com". Archived from the original on 27 March 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Coralie Balmy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
External links
- Coralie Balmy at World Aquatics
- Coralie Balmy at Olympedia
- Coralie Balmy at Olympics.com
- Coralie Balmy at Olympic.org (archived)
- Coralie Balmy at Équipe de France (in French)
- Coralie Balmy at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)
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Preceded by | Women's 200 metre freestyle world record holder (short course) December 6, 2008 – December 14, 2008 | Succeeded by |
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- 1927: Maria Braun (NED)
- 1931: Maria Braun (NED)
- 1934: Rie Mastenbroek (NED)
- 1938: Ragnhild Hveger (DEN)
- 1947: Karen Harup (DEN)
- 1950: Greta Andersen (DEN)
- 1954: Ágota Sebő (HUN)
- 1958: Jans Koster (NED)
- 1962: Adrie Lasterie (NED)
- 1966: Claude Mandonnaud (FRA)
- 1970: Elke Sehmisch (GDR)
- 1972: Angela Franke (GDR)
- 1977: Petra Thümer (GDR)
- 1981: Ines Diers (GDR)
- 1983: Astrid Strauss (GDR)
- 1985: Astrid Strauss (GDR)
- 1987: Heike Friedrich (GDR)
- 1989: Anke Möhring (GDR)
- 1991: Irene Dalby (NOR)
- 1993: Dagmar Hase (GER)
- 1995: Franziska van Almsick (GER)
- 1997: Dagmar Hase (GER)
- 1999: Camelia Potec (ROM)
- 2000: Yana Klochkova (UKR)
- 2002: Yana Klochkova (UKR)
- 2004: Laure Manaudou (FRA)
- 2006: Laure Manaudou (FRA)
- 2008: Federica Pellegrini (ITA)
- 2010: Rebecca Adlington (GBR)
- 2012: Coralie Balmy (FRA)
- 2014: Jazmin Carlin (GBR)
- 2016: Boglárka Kapás (HUN)
- 2018: Simona Quadarella (ITA)
- 2020: Simona Quadarella (ITA)
- 2022: Isabel Marie Gose (GER)
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