Coralie Balmy

Coralie Balmy
Coralie Balmy
Personal information
Full name Coralie Balmy
Nationality  France
Born June 8, 1987 (1987-06-08) (age 24)
La Trinité, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Sport Swimming

Coralie Balmy (born June 8, 1987 in La Trinité) is a freestyle swimmer from France, who was born in Martinique (France). She won her first senior title at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven in the 4×200 relay freestyle. At the same Championships she won the silver medal in the 400 m freestyle with the time of 4:04.15, all-time fourth fastest behind Federica Pellegrini's world record.[1] At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she finished fourth in the 400 m freestyle final. On December 6, 2008 she set the world record for the 200 m Free (SC) at the French National Championships in Angers, France in a time of 1:53.16.

  • 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)


Records
Preceded by
Australia Libby Lenton		 Women's 200 metre freestyle
world record holder (short course)
December 6, 2008 – December 14, 2008		 Succeeded by
Italy Federica Pellegrini

References

  1. ^ "Pellegrini: WR 4:01.53 400 m Free, on swimnews.com". Archived from the original on 2008-03-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20080327221838/http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?action=get&id=5955. Retrieved 2008-04-13. 
v · d · eEuropean Champions in Women's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

1983: East Germany (Otto, Strauss, Sirch, Meineke) • 1985: East Germany (Strauss, König, Stellmach, Friedrich) • 1987: East Germany (Möhring, Stellmach, Strauss, Friedrich) • 1989: East Germany (Stellmach, Friedrich, Strauss, Möhring) •  • 1991: Denmark (Poulsen, Jensen, Puggaard, Jacobsen) • 1993: Germany (Van Almsick, Kielgass, Stellmach, Hunger) • 1995: Germany (Hase, Jung, Kielgass, Van Almsick ) • 1997: Germany (Hase, Götz, Buschschulte, Kielgass) • 1999: Germany (Van Almsick, Szalai, Stockbauer, Kielgass) • 2000: Romania (Potec, Păduraru, Diaconescu, Căslaru) • 2002: Germany (Dallmann, Ries, Stockbauer, Van Almsick) • 2004: Spain (Rouba, Caballero, Roca, Villaecija) • 2006: Germany (Dallmann, Samulski, Steffen, Liebs) • 2008: France (Manaudou, Balmy, Lazare, Popchanka) • 2010: Hungary (Mutina, Dara, Hosszú, Verrasztó)
v · d · eEuropean Short Course Champions in Women's 400 m Freestyle

 1996: Kristýna Kyněrová (CZE)  •  1998: Carla Geurts (NED)  •  1999: Yana Klochkova (UKR)  •  2000: Irina Ufimtseva (RUS)  •  2001: Anja Čarman (SLO)  •  2002: Éva Risztov (HUN)  •  2003: Joanne Jackson (GBR)  •  2004: Keri-Anne Payne (GBR)  •  2005 – 2007: Laure Manaudou (FRA)  •  2008 – 2009: Coralie Balmy (FRA)  •  2010: Ágnes Mutina (HUN)


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