 Damien Joly in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 June 1992 Ollioules, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Damien Joly (born 4 June 1992 in Ollioules) [1] is a French swimmer. [2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's 1500 metre freestyle, finishing in 14th place overall in the heats, failing to qualify for the final.
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