Catherine Plewinski (born 12 July 1968 in
Courrières
Courrières () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Geography
An ex-coalmining commune, now a light industrial and farming town, situated some northeast of Lens, at the junction of the D46 and D ...
,
Pas-de-Calais) is a former
freestyle and
butterfly
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swimmer from
France
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, who won two bronze medals at the
Summer Olympics. She first did so in
Seoul
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at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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in the 100 m freestyle. Four years later she captured the bronze in the 100 m butterfly at the
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
in
Barcelona, Spain.
At the
1989 European Aquatics Championships
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she was the only female swimmer not from East Germany to win gold medals, she won the 50 meter freestyle and the 100 meter butterfly.
See also
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List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in swimming.
Current program
50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
1500 metre freestyle
100 metre backstroke
2 ...
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List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
External links
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1968 births
Living people
People from Courrières
French female freestyle swimmers
French female butterfly swimmers
Olympic swimmers of France
Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for France
Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France
Swimmers at the 1993 Mediterranean Games
Sportspeople from Pas-de-Calais
Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
20th-century French people
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