Yseult Gervy
Appearance
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Born | Nivelles, Belgium | 20 January 1979||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Club | Cercle de Natation Bruxelles Atalante | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yseult Gervy (born 20 January 1979) is a retired Belgian swimmer who won the bronze medal in the 400 m medley at the 2000 European Aquatics Championships. She also competed in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke, 200 m and 400 m medley, and 4 × 200 m freestyle relay events. Her best Olympic achievement was 12th place in the relay.[1]
Gervy had serious health problems in the early 2001 that forced her to retire in 2002. Before the retirement she was trained by her brother at the club Cercle de Natation Bruxelles Atalante. Between 1994 and 2000 she won 20 national titles and set 17 national records.[2]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yseult Gervy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ Yseult Gervy zet punt achter zwemcarrière. De Standaard (20 June 2002).
External links
- Yseult GERVY at Swimrankings.net
Categories:
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Belgian female freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Belgium
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- People from Nivelles
- Belgian female backstroke swimmers
- Belgian female medley swimmers
- Sportspeople from Walloon Brabant
- 20th-century Belgian women
- 21st-century Belgian women
- Belgian swimming biography stubs