Magali Rousseau

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Magali Rousseau
Personal information
Full nameMagali Rousseau
NicknameMag
NationalityFlag of France.svg  France
Born (1988-03-10) 10 March 1988 (age 36)
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly
ClubCanet 66 [1]
CoachPhilippe Lucas [1]
Medal record
Women's lifesaving
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
The World Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Cali 50 m manikin carry
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2013 Cali200 m super lifesaver
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2013 Cali4x50m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2013 Cali4x50m obstacle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Wrocław 4x50m obstacle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham 200 m super lifesaver
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Birmingham4x25 m manikin
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2013 Cali200 m obstacle

Magali Rousseau (born 10 March 1988) is a French swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events. [2] She represented her nation France in the 200 m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has been a member of Canet 66 in Canet-en-Roussillon throughout her swimming career under the tutelage of her coach Philippe Lucas. [1] Rousseau is the daughter of three-time Olympic freestyle swimmer Michel Rousseau. [3] [4]

Rousseau competed as a lone French swimmer in the women's 200 m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, she topped the field with a personal best of 2:10.07 to eclipse both the nation's own Olympic standard and the FINA A-cut (2:10.84) at the French Championships in Dunkirk. [5] Swimming on the far outside in heat three, Rousseau chased the rest of the swimmers throughout the race to round out the field with a seventh-place time in 2:13.12. Rousseau failed to advance to the semifinals, as she placed twenty-eighth overall in the prelims. [6]

Rousseau is a very successful World Games athlete. In 2013, she won four gold medals and one bronze in life saving. In 2017, she won another gold medal in lifesaving. [7]

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References

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