Mélanie Henique (born 22 December 1992) is a French competitive swimmer. She won a bronze medal in the 50 metre butterfly at the 2011 World Championships and a silver medal in the 50 metre butterfly at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships.
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| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 December 1992 Amiens, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Amiens Métropole Natation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAt the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, held in Shanghai, China, Henique achieved a time of 25.86 seconds in the final of the 50 metre butterfly and won the bronze medal, finishing 0.15 seconds behind gold medalist Inge Dekker of the Netherlands.[1]
Henique qualified to represent France at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2] At the Olympic Games, held in Tokyo, Japan in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she tied Simone Manuel of the United States for eleventh place in the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 24.63 seconds.[3]
At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, held at Danube Arena in Budapest, Hungary, Henique won the silver medal in the 50 metre butterfly with a time of 25.31 seconds, finishing less than four-tenths of a second behind gold medalist Sarah Sjöström of Sweden and one-hundredth of a second ahead of bronze medalist Zhang Yufei of China (also in 2024 but wins the mixed freestyle relay in 2022).[4][5][6]
Personal life
editIn 2014, she was 55th on Brigitte Fouré's list for the municipal elections in Amiens.[7]
In 2015, being openly lesbian, she was a victim of a homophobic attack in Amiens, suffering from a broken nose and forcing her to withdraw from the French Swimming Open.[8]
References
edit- ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50m Butterfly (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ "France Names 27 Swimmer Roster For 2021 European Swimming Championships". SwimSwam. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "2020 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming: Women's 50m Freestyle". ESPN. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ FINA (24 June 2022) (also in 2024 but wins the mixed freestyle relay in 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 50m Butterfly Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ Bruna, Eric (24 June 2022). "Elle est belle l'histoire : Mélanie Hénique savoure sa médaille d'argent aux Mondiaux de natation" (in French). Le Parisien. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ "Mondiaux de natation : Mélanie Henique s'offre l'argent derrière l'intouchable Sarah Sjostrom" (in French). Le Figaro. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ "Amiens Municipal Elections: Brigitte Fouré's list is Revealed" (in French). Courrier Picard. 1 February 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ Wee, Darren (7 July 2015). "France swimmer suffers broken nose in anti-gay attack". Gay Star News. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
External links
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- Mélanie Henique at World Aquatics
- Mélanie Henique at SwimRankings.net
- Mélanie Henique at the International Swimming League
- Mélanie Henique at Olympics.com
- Mélanie Henique at Olympedia
