Cylia Vabre Explained

Cylia Vabre
Fullname:Cylia Vabre
Strokes:Individual medley
Club:Lyon Natation
Coach:Richard Martinez
Birth Date:1 March 1984
Birth Place:Montélimar, France
Height:1.63 m
Weight:60 kg
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Cylia Vabre (born March 1, 1984, in Montélimar) is a French swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.[1] She represented her nation France, alongside her teammate Camille Muffat in the 200 m individual medley at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has been a member of Lyon Natation in Lyon throughout her sporting career, under the tutelage of her personal coach Richard Martinez.[2]

Vabre competed for the French swimming squad in the women's 200 m individual medley at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She finished behind the winner Camille Muffat with a second-place time in 2:13.19 to assure her selection to the Olympic team and achieve the FINA A-standard (2:15.27) at the French Championships in Dunkirk.[3] Swimming in heat four alongside her French rival Muffat, Vabre managed to strengthen her lead over the rest of the field on an electrifying butterfly leg, but dropped almost towards the end of the pack with a seventh-place time in 2:14.25. Vabre failed to advance to the semifinals, as she placed twenty-first overall out of thirty-nine swimmers in the prelims.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Cylia Vabre. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417194834/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/cylia-vabre-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 27 December 2012.
  2. Web site: France Olympique Profile – Cylia Vabre. French. French Olympic Committee. 19 February 2013.
  3. News: French Olympic Trials: Hugues Duboscq, Camille Muffat Set National Records . . 23 April 2008 . 6 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130607022747/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/17917.asp . 7 June 2013 .
  4. Web site: Swimming: Women's 200m Individual Medley Heat 4 . . . 27 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821002432/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWW052900/index.html . 21 August 2012 .