Magali Rousseau
Personal information | |
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Full name | Magali Rousseau |
Nickname | Mag |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Neuilly-sur-Seine, France | 10 March 1988
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Butterfly |
Club | Canet 66[1] |
Coach | Philippe Lucas[1] |
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
- ^ 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. 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.
External links
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 16 May 2012)
- Magali Rousseau at Olympics.com
- Magali Rousseau at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)
- 1988 births
- Living people
- French female swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of France
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Female butterfly swimmers
- Sportspeople from Neuilly-sur-Seine
- World Games gold medalists
- World Games bronze medalists
- Competitors at the 2013 World Games
- Competitors at the 2017 World Games
- French lifesaving athletes
- French swimming biography stubs