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Jérémy Desplanches

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Jérémy Desplanches
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born (1994-08-07) 7 August 1994 (age 30)
Geneva, Switzerland
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesMedley
ClubGenève Natation 1885
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Switzerland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 200 m medley
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 2019 Gwangju 200 m medley
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow 200 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2020 Budapest 200 m medley
Military World Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Wuhan 200 m medley

Jérémy Desplanches (born 7 August 1994) is a Swiss breaststroke and medley swimmer.[1]

He competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and was finalist at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.[1][2]

He won the men's 200m Individual Medley final at the Glasgow 2018 European Swimming Championships in Glasgow[3] and got silver in men's 200m individual medley at the 18th FINA World Championships in Gwangju.[4] He's the second male swimmer from Switzerland to claim a medal at the FINA World Championships, after Dano Halsall in the men's 50m freestyle in 1986.

He represented Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the men's 200m individual medley.

International Swimming League

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In 2019 Desplanches was member of the 2019 International Swimming League representing Team Iron.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Jeremy Desplanches". les-sports.info. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  2. ^ Schönenberger, Carl. "Kein Schweizer-Exploit an Schwimm-WM in Budapest" (in German). Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  3. ^ "Jérémy Desplanches champion d'Europe!". Tribune de Genève. 2018-08-06.
  4. ^ "FINA World Championships 2019 | As it happened: Day 14". Olympic Channel. 2019-07-25.
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