Nicole Zahnd Explained

Nicole Zahnd
Fullname:Nicole Zahnd
Strokes:Freestyle
Club:Vevey Natation
Genève Natation 1885
Coach:Dirk Reinecke
Birth Date:22 September 1980[1]
Birth Place:Bern, Switzerland
Height:1.730NaN0
Weight:580NaN0
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Nicole Zahnd (born 22 September 1980) is a retired Swiss swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. She was born in Bern.[2] She is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2004), and a top 8 finalist in the 200 m freestyle at the 2001 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.[3] Zahnd played for two swimming clubs in Geneva, before she trained under head coach Dirk Reinecke as part of the Swiss national team. Zahnd is also the wife of former medley swimmer and two-time Olympian Yves Platel (2000 and 2004).[4]

Zahnd made her own swimming history, as a 16-year-old, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, finishing seventeenth as part of the Swiss relay team in the 4×100 m freestyle (3:53.30), and sixteenth in the 4×200 m freestyle (8:21.55).[5] [6]

After an eight-year absence, Zahnd competed in all relays from the swimming program at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[7] [8] [9] On the first day of the Games, Zahnd teamed up with Dominique Diezi, Marjorie Sagne, and 16-year-old Seraina Prünte in the 4×100 m freestyle relay. Swimming the anchor leg, Zahnd recorded a split of 56.50, the fastest in Swiss history, and her team finished the race in seventh place and fifteenth overall in a final time of 3:48.61.[10] [11] Four days later, in the 4×200 m freestyle relay, Zahnd placed twelfth, along with Chantal Strasser, Hanna Miluska, and Flavia Rigamonti, in 8:10.41.[12] [13] In her final event, 4×100 m medley relay, Zahnd swam the anchor freestyle leg, with Diezi (backstroke), Carmela Schlegel (breaststroke), and Carla Stampfli (butterfly), to pull off another fifteenth-place effort for the Swiss team in a time of 4:15.54. In the race, Zahnd lowered her personal best to 56.07 seconds.[14] [15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nicole Platel-Zahnd. Mitgleider. Swiss Olympians. 31 December 2013. de.
  2. Nicole Zahnd. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418053543/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/nicole-zahnd-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 12 May 2013.
  3. News: Lord. Craig. Four European Records Fall, Moravcova Steals the Show and Klochkova Upset on Final Day of Euro SC Champs. Swimming World Magazine. 16 December 2001. 12 May 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140102105727/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/3145.asp. 2 January 2014.
  4. News: Jahresbericht Zentralpräsident Frank Lutz. Annual report from executive president Frank Lutz. German. Swiss Swimming Federation. 20 December 2011. 12 May 2013.
  5. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Heat 2 . . . . 51 . 26 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110523164915/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf . 23 May 2011 .
  6. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 1 . . . . 52 . 26 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110523164915/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf . 23 May 2011 .
  7. Web site: Swimming – Women's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Startlist (Heat 2). PDF. Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 27 April 2013.
  8. Web site: Swimming – Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Startlist (Heat 2). PDF. Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 27 April 2013.
  9. Web site: Swimming – Women's 4×100m Medley Relay Startlist (Heat 1). PDF. Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 27 April 2013.
  10. Web site: Women's 4×100m Freestyle Heat 2. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
  11. News: Thomas . Stephen . Women's 400 Freestyle Relay Prelims: Aussie Women Qualify Fastest Ahead of Team USA; Germans and Dutch in the Mix . . 14 August 2004 . 26 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131228223339/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7787.asp . 28 December 2013 .
  12. Web site: Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 2. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
  13. News: Thomas . Stephen . Women’s 800 Freestyle Relay, Day 5 Prelims: Team USA Posts the Fastest Time, Brits and Aussies Next . . 18 August 2004 . 26 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051203025637/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7878.asp . 3 December 2005 .
  14. Web site: Women's 4×100m Medley Heat 1. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
  15. News: Thomas . Stephen . Women's 400 Medley Relay, Prelims Day 7: Aussies Qualify Ahead of USA in Two-Way Battle for Gold . . 20 August 2004 . 26 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203054027/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7917.asp . 3 February 2014 .

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