Sophie de Ronchi (born 24 September 1985 in

Marseille, France Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern France ...

) is an Olympic and National-Record holding breaststroke and medley swimmer from

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. She swam for France at the

2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

. from the 2008 Olympics website; retrieved 2009-07-18. At the 2009 French Championships in April, she bettered the French Records in the 50 m and 200 m breaststroke to 30.96 and 2:25.19.

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1985 births Living people French female breaststroke swimmers French female medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for France Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Marseille Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2001 Mediterranean Games {{France-swimming-bio-stub

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