Lara Grangeon (born 21 September 1991) is a French

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from the territory of New Caledonia who competes in the individual medley and butterfly events. At the

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she finished 18th overall in the heats in the 400 metre individual medley and failed to reach the final. Due to the New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, Grangeon competes for New Caledonia in regional (Pacific) competitions and for France in continental and global competitions. At the

2011 Pacific Games The 2011 Pacific Games (officially known as NC 2011) took place in Nouméa, New Caledonia, from August 27 to September 10, 2011. Nouméa was the 14th host of the Pacific Games. Upon closure of the registration for entries, "some 4,300 athletes" ha ...

Nouméa Nouméa () is the capital and largest city of the French special collectivity of New Caledonia and is also the largest francophone city in Oceania. It is situated on a peninsula in the south of New Caledonia's main island, Grande Terre, and ...

, New Caledonia, Grangeon entered all twenty women's events (including one open water event) and won a medal in all of them, including sixteen golds. At the

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and 2011 Games, Grangeon swam on several relay teams together with Diane Bui Duyet, who also represents both France and New Caledonia. At the 2015 European Short Course Championships in

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, Israel, Grangeon broke the French record in the 400 meter individual medley with a time of 4:29.14. She won the bronze medal. Earlier in 2015 at the French Championships in

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, she had already broken the long course French record in this event. In 2016, she again broke the long-course record, with a time of 4:36.61 at the French Championships and Olympic trials in

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. At the 2016 Olympics, she competed in the 200 m butterfly and the 400 m individual medley. She has qualified to represent France at the

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, and competed the 10 km open water marathon.

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* * 1991 births Living people People from Nouméa French female backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for France Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics French female breaststroke swimmers French female butterfly swimmers French female freestyle swimmers French female medley swimmers New Caledonian female swimmers New Caledonian people of French descent Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Swimmers at the 2009 Mediterranean Games European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming Swimmers at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century French women 21st-century French people {{France-swimming-bio-stub