Mélanie Henique
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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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Mélanie Henique (born 22 December 1992) is a French swimmer who won a bronze medal in 50 m butterfly at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai.[1]
Personal life
In 2014, she was 55th on Brigitte Fouré's list for the municipal elections in Amiens.[2]
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.[3]
References
- ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50m Butterfly (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-30.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "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
- Mélanie Henique at World Aquatics
- Mélanie Henique at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)
- Mélanie Henique at Olympics.com
- Mélanie Henique at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1992 births
- Living people
- French female swimmers
- Female butterfly swimmers
- Female medley swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of France
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Sportspeople from Amiens
- LGBT swimmers
- LGBT sportspeople from France
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France
- Swimmers at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
- Lesbian sportswomen