Mehdy Metella
French swimmer
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| National team | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 (age 31) Cayenne, French Guiana, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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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.
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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World long-course champions in men's 4×100 m freestyle relay
- 1973:
Melvin Nash, Joe Bottom, Jim Montgomery, John Murphy (USA) - 1975: Bruce Furniss, Jim Montgomery, Andy Coan, John Murphy (USA)
- 1978: Jack Babashoff, Rowdy Gaines, Jim Montgomery, David McCagg (USA)
- 1982: Chris Cavanaugh, Robin Leamy, David McCagg, Rowdy Gaines (USA)
- 1986: Tom Jager, Mike Heath, Paul Wallace, Matt Biondi (USA)
- 1991: Tom Jager, Brent Lang, Doug Gjertsen, Matt Biondi (USA)
- 1994: Jon Olsen, Josh Davis, Uğur Taner, Gary Hall Jr. (USA)
- 1998: Scott Tucker, Jon Olsen, Neil Walker, Gary Hall Jr. (USA)
- 2001:
Michael Klim, Ashley Callus, Todd Pearson, Ian Thorpe (AUS) - 2003:
Andrey Kapralov, Ivan Usov, Denis Pimankov, Alexander Popov (RUS) - 2005: Michael Phelps, Neil Walker, Nate Dusing, Jason Lezak (USA)
- 2007: Michael Phelps, Neil Walker, Cullen Jones, Jason Lezak (USA)
- 2009: Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Matt Grevers, Nathan Adrian (USA)
- 2011: James Magnussen, Matt Targett, Matthew Abood, Eamon Sullivan (AUS)
- 2013:
Yannick Agnel, Florent Manaudou, Fabien Gilot, Jérémy Stravius (FRA) - 2015: Mehdy Metella, Florent Manaudou, Fabien Gilot, Jérémy Stravius (FRA)
- 2017: Caeleb Dressel, Townley Haas, Blake Pieroni, Nathan Adrian (USA)
- 2019: Caeleb Dressel, Blake Pieroni, Zach Apple, Nathan Adrian (USA)
- 2022: Caeleb Dressel, Ryan Held, Justin Ress, Brooks Curry (USA)
- 2023: Jack Cartwright, Flynn Southam, Kai Taylor, Kyle Chalmers (AUS)
- 2024:
Pan Zhanle, Ji Xinjie, Zhang Zhanshuo, Wang Haoyu (CHN)
World short-course champions in men's 4×100 m freestyle relay | |
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