Cylia Vabre (born March 1, 1984, in Montélimar) is a French swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.[2] She represented her nation France, alongside her teammate Camille Muffat in the 200 m individual medley at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has been a member of Lyon Natation in Lyon throughout her sporting career, under the tutelage of her personal coach Richard Martinez.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Cylia Vabre |
| National team |  France |
| Born | 1 March 1984 Montélimar, France |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Individual medley |
| Club | Lyon Natation[1] |
| Coach | Richard Martinez[1] |
Vabre competed for the French swimming squad in the women's 200 m individual medley at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She finished behind the winner Camille Muffat with a second-place time in 2:13.19 to assure her selection to the Olympic team and achieve the FINA A-standard (2:15.27) at the French Championships in Dunkirk.[3] Swimming in heat four alongside her French rival Muffat, Vabre managed to strengthen her lead over the rest of the field on an electrifying butterfly leg, but dropped almost towards the end of the pack with a seventh-place time in 2:14.25. Vabre failed to advance to the semifinals, as she placed twenty-first overall out of thirty-nine swimmers in the prelims.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "France Olympique Profile – Cylia Vabre" (in French). French Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cylia Vabre". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ^ "French Olympic Trials: Hugues Duboscq, Camille Muffat Set National Records". Swimming World Magazine. 23 April 2008. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ^ "Swimming: Women's 200m Individual Medley Heat 4". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
External links
edit- Cylia Vabre at the NBC 2008 Olympics website at the Wayback Machine (archived August 25, 2012)
- Cylia Vabre at Olympics.com
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