Esther Baron
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Born | (1987-02-06) 6 February 1987 (age 37) Cholet, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | EP Manosque CN Melun-Dammarie (2004–2006) Canet 66 natation (2006–2008) CN Marseille (2008–2009) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Esther Baron (born 6 February 1987)[1] is a retired French swimmer. She had her best achievements in the 200 m backstroke event: gold medals in the European Championships of 2006, long course and short course, silver medal at the 2007 European Short Course Swimming Championships and fourth place at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships.[2] While winning the short course championship in 2006 she set a new European record.[3]
She retired from competitions in September 2009. After obtaining a diploma of sport educator she worked as a swimming coach for children at SP Manosque, the club where she learned swimming herself. She is also involved in local politics with the party of Christophe Castaner in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.[4]
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- 1970: Andrea Gyarmati (HUN)
- 1974: Ulrike Richter (GDR)
- 1977: Birgit Treiber (GDR)
- 1981: Cornelia Polit (GDR)
- 1983: Cornelia Sirch (GDR)
- 1985: Cornelia Sirch (GDR)
- 1987: Cornelia Sirch (GDR)
- 1989: Dagmar Hase (GDR)
- 1991: Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)
- 1993: Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)
- 1995: Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)
- 1997: Cathleen Rund (GER)
- 1999: Roxana Mărăcineanu (FRA)
- 2000: Nina Zhivanevskaya (ESP)
- 2002: Stanislava Komarova (RUS)
- 2004: Stanislava Komarova (RUS)
- 2006: Esther Baron (FRA)
- 2008: Laure Manaudou (FRA)
- 2010: Lizzie Simmonds (GBR)
- 2012: Alexianne Castel (FRA)
- 2014: Duane Da Rocha (ESP)
- 2016: Katinka Hosszú (HUN)
- 2018: Margherita Panziera (ITA)
- 2020: Margherita Panziera (ITA)
- 2022: Margherita Panziera (ITA)
- 2024: Camila Rebelo (POR)
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