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Born | Nîmes, France | 2 July 1978|||||||||||||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | |||||||||||||
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Club | Aix Natation, Aix-en-Provence | |||||||||||||
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Laurie Thomassin (born 2 July 1978) is a French retired breaststroke swimmer who won a gold medal in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 2004 European Aquatics Championships. [1] She also competed in the same event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. [2]
More than one French sportswoman carry the name Laurie Thomassin: a pentathlon athlete Laurie Thomassin (b. 1986), [3] and a younger swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 12th Gymnasiade in 2002 (i.e. born after 1985). [4]
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