Coralie Balmy (born 8 June 1987) is a French freestyle

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. Balmy was born in

La Trinité, Martinique La Trinité (; Martinican Creole: ) is a town and commune in the French overseas region and department of Martinique. Geography Climate La Trinité has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification ''Af''). The average annual t ...

. She won her first senior title at the

2008 European Aquatics Championships The 2008 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held in Eindhoven, Netherlands, from 13–24 March 2008. They were the European championships for swimming (50 m), diving and synchronised swimming for 2008. Two new events were contested: ...

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's world record. At the

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, she finished fourth in the 400 m freestyle final. On 6 December 2008 she set the world record for the 200 m freestyle (short course) at the French National Championships in Angers, France in a time of 1:53.16. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

her 4 × 200 m freestyle team won the bronze medal in a time of 7:47.49. The split times:

Camille Muffat Camille Muffat (; 28 October 1989 – 9 March 2015) was a French swimmer and three-time Olympic medalist. Swimming for the Olympic Nice Natation club, she specialised in the individual medley and the free style events. Her career ran from 2005 ...

(1:55.51);

Charlotte Bonnet Charlotte Bonnet (born 14 February 1995) is a French Swimming (sport), swimmer, who won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Bonnet was born in Enghien-les-Bains, Paris. Her Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre f ...

(1:57.78); Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne (1:58.05); Coralie Balmy (1:56.15). *Achievements *2007: SC European Championships ** 3rd 200 m freestyle (1:54.43) *2008: LC European Championships ** 1st 4×200 m freestyle (7:52.09) ** 2nd 400 m freestyle (4:04.15)

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* * * * 1987 births Living people Martiniquais swimmers Olympic swimmers of France Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics French people of Martiniquais descent People from La Trinité, Martinique World record setters in swimming French female freestyle swimmers Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Universiade silver medalists for France Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade {{Martinique-sport-bio-stub

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