Jérémy Desplanches
Jérémy Desplanches (born 7 August 1994) is a Swiss swimmer.[1]
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Swiss |
Born | Geneva, Switzerland | 7 August 1994
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Medley |
Club | Genève Natation 1885 |
He competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and was finalist at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships[1],[2].
He won the men's 200m Individual Medley final at the Glasgow 2018 European Swimming Championships in Glasgow[3] and got silver in men's 200m individual medley at the 18th FINA World Championships in Gwangju[4]. He's the second male swimmer from Switzerland to claim a medal at the FINA World Championships, after Dano Halsall in the men's 50m freestyle in 1986.
He has qualified to represent Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
References
- "Jeremy Desplanches". les-sports.info. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- Schönenberger, Carl. "Kein Schweizer-Exploit an Schwimm-WM in Budapest" (in German). Retrieved 2018-08-07.
- "Jérémy Desplanches champion d'Europe!". Tribune de Genève. 2018-08-06.
- "FINA World Championships 2019 | As it happened: Day 14". Olympic Channel. 2019-07-25.
External links
- Jérémy Desplanches at Olympedia
- Jérémy Desplanches at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Jérémy Desplanches at FINA
- Jérémy Desplanches at SwimRankings.net
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