Marcel Gery
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| Full name | Marcel Gery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Czechoslovakia Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 15, 1965 Smolenice, Trnava, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | North York Aquatic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marcel Gery, in Czech and Slovak Marcel Géry (born March 15, 1965) is a former butterfly swimmer, who was born in Czechoslovakia and competed for the Czechoslovak national team in international competitions.
At the 1985 Summer Universiade, Gery won a bronze medal in the 200-metre freestyle.[1]
He later emigrated to Canada and competed for the Canadian national team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he won bronze medal with the men's 4×100-metres medley relay team, alongside Mark Tewksbury, Jonathan Cleveland and Stephen Clarke.
See also
References
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Marcel Gery at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Marcel Gery at Olympics.com
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- 1965 births
- Living people
- People from Trnava District
- Czechoslovak emigrants to Canada
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- Canadian male freestyle swimmers
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
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- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
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- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
- Czechoslovak male swimmers
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Universiade medalists in swimming
- Slovak emigrants to Canada
- Universiade bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia
- Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade
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