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

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swimmer from

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, who won two bronze medals at the Summer Olympics. She first did so in

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at the

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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

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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.

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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 {{France-swimming-bio-stub

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