Solenne Figuès (born 6 June 1979 in Villepinte) is a retired French

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. Figuès represented France in the

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, the

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, and the

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. She won her first medal, a bronze, in 2000, in the 2000 European Swimming Championship in the 4×200 m freestyle relays. This was followed by a bronze swimming in the

and, in the 2005

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, a gold in the 200 m freestyle. She also studies

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, which she practices in

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1979 births Living people French female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for France Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 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 2004 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Swimmers at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Swimmers at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Summer World University Games medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for France Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade 20th-century French sportswomen 21st-century French sportswomen {{France-swimming-bio-stub