Magali Rousseau
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Full name | Magali Rousseau | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Mag | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Neuilly-sur-Seine, France | 10 March 1988|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Canet 66[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Philippe Lucas[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Magali Rousseau (born 10 March 1988) is a French swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[2] She represented her nation France in the 200 m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has been a member of Canet 66 in Canet-en-Roussillon throughout her swimming career under the tutelage of her coach Philippe Lucas.[1] Rousseau is the daughter of three-time Olympic freestyle swimmer Michel Rousseau.[3][4]
Rousseau competed as a lone French swimmer in the women's 200 m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, she topped the field with a personal best of 2:10.07 to eclipse both the nation's own Olympic standard and the FINA A-cut (2:10.84) at the French Championships in Dunkirk.[5] Swimming on the far outside in heat three, Rousseau chased the rest of the swimmers throughout the race to round out the field with a seventh-place time in 2:13.12. Rousseau failed to advance to the semifinals, as she placed twenty-eighth overall in the prelims.[6]
Rousseau is a very successful World Games athlete. In 2013, she won four gold medals and one bronze in life saving. In 2017, she won another gold medal in lifesaving.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "France Olympique Profile – Magali Rousseau" (in French). French Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Magali Rousseau". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ^ Lord, Craig (8 June 2012). "Bernard 100 WR: First Sub-47 Man – 46.94 Suit Debut". Swim News. Archived from the original on 26 April 2009. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Michel Rousseau". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ^ "Championnats de France de natation: victoire d'Alain Bernard sur 100m libre" [French Swimming Championships: Alain Bernard takes victory over 100m freestyle] (in French). La Dépêche du Midi. 24 April 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ^ "Swimming: Women's 200m Butterfly Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ^ "Results Book: Life Saving" (PDF). worldgames2017.sportresult.com. The World Games. 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
External links
[edit]- Magali Rousseau at World Aquatics
- Magali Rousseau at Swimrankings.net
- Magali Rousseau at Olympedia (archive)
- Magali Rousseau at Olympics.com
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 16 May 2012)
- Magali Rousseau at the World Games
- Magali Rousseau at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)
- 1988 births
- Living people
- French female butterfly swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for France
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Neuilly-sur-Seine
- World Games gold medalists for France
- World Games silver medalists for France
- World Games bronze medalists for France
- French lifesaving athletes
- World Games medalists in lifesaving
- Medalists at the 2013 World Games
- Medalists at the 2017 World Games
- Medalists at the 2022 World Games
- 21st-century French sportswomen
- French swimming biography stubs