Mehdy Metella
Mehdy Metella (born 17 July 1992) is a French freestyle and butterfly swimmer.[1] He was part of the freestyle and medley 4 × 100 m teams that won a gold and a silver medal at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships and gold and bronze at the 2015 World Championship. In both cases, he swam the butterfly leg in the medley relay.
![]() Metella in Kazan, Russia 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National team | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Cayenne, French Guiana, France | 17 July 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He also won multiple medals in the World and European Short Course swimming events.
He is the French record holder of the 100m butterfly long course, with a time of 51.06. In the French swimming championships in Rennes he broke his own national record in the 100 m butterfly with a time of 50s85’’.
Personal life
He is the younger brother of Malia Metella, an Olympic and World championship medallist.
References
- Mehdy Metella. lequipe.fr
External links
- Mehdy Metella at World Aquatics
- Mehdy Metella at SwimRankings.net
- Mehdy Metella at Olympics.com
- Mehdy Metella at Olympedia
- Mehdy Metella at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French)
- Mehdy Metella at Team France (in French)
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