Tag: Camille Muffat
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Petition calls for Paris 2024 aquatics venue to be named after Camille Muffat
A petition calling for the new Paris 2024 aquatics stadium to be named after Camille Muffat, the London Olympic 400 metres freestyle champion who tragically died in a helicopter accident less than three years later, has already gained over 10,000 signatures. Muffat was among 10 people to die when two helicopters collided in Argentina in…
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Funeral held for Olympic swimmer Camille Muffat
Friends and relatives gathered to mourn Camille Muffat, the French Olympic 400m freestyle champion who lost her life when helicopters collided and crashed during filming for a Reality TV show in Argentina.
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FINA in mourning: Camille Muffat (FRA)
FINA learnt with immense sadness of the tragic loss of French swimmer Camille Muffat in a helicopter accident in Argentina. Muffat, 25, won three medals at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the women’s 400m free (gold), 200m free (silver) and 4x200m free (bronze).
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A fond memory of Camille Muffat
“Everyone cheering on Camille Muffat” – A very special moment at the FINA / Arena 2012 World Cup meet in Berlin, Germany, when the French Olympic champion Camille Muffat charged ahead in the women’s 400 freestyle, splitting repeatedly under world record pace, until she just missed it by 1/100th of a second. Behold how everyone…
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Olympic gold medalist Camille Muffat killed in helicopter crash
Two helicopters carrying French sports stars filming a popular European reality show crashed in a remote part of Argentina, killing 10 people, including two Olympic medal winners and a sailing champion, authorities said. The helicopters apparently collided in midair Monday near Villa Castelli in La Rioja province, about 1,170 kilometres northwest of Buenos Aires, La…
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Camille Muffat retires after quarrel with coach
Read NBC Sports and original story on L’Equipe France’s Camille Muffat, a rival to U.S. stars Missy Franklin and Katie Ledecky, has abruptly retired due to a dispute with her coach, according to L’Equipe. “I have taken a big decision to stop swimming,†she said, according to L’Equipe, translated by Agence France-Presse. “[The disagreement with…
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Europe vs USA 2013 Duel in the Pool teams revealed
See for instance swimming.org Olympic medallist Michael Jamieson and World Championship medallist Fran Halsall will lead the European challenge at the 2013 Duel in the Pool when the continent’s best swimmers go head-to-head with world number one swimming nation the USA. Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Britain will be French Olympic champions Florent Manaudou, Yannick Agnel and Fabien…
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France tops the Chartres 2012 medal table
After the fourth and final day of the LEN 2012 European Short Course Championships in Chartres, France, the host country leapt even further ahead in the medal standings, to ‘win’ the event with 12 gold medals, 6 silver and 11 bronze, Denmark and Hungary second with 6 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze. Yannick Agnel…
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Video: Camille Muffat’s 400 freestyle world record at Chartres 2012
French phenomenon Camille Muffat clocking 3:54.85 and a new women’s 400 meter freestyle world record at the LEN 2012 European Short Course Championships in Chartres, France.