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Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1975-07-09) 9 July 1975 (age 49) Laon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Synchronized swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Duet, Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals | 2000 Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Myriam Lignot (born 9 July 1975 in Laon, Aisne) is a French synchronized swimmer and Olympic medalist. She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, in duet together with Virginie Dedieu, and placed fourth in the team competition.
Lignot retired after the Sydney 2000 Games at the age of 25. Few years later, she became coach of Pays d'Aix Natation synchronized swimming club.
Career records
- Duet
- 1994 World Aquatics Championships, Rome, 4th (with Marianne Aeschbacher)
- 1995 European Aquatics Championships, Vienna, 2nd (with Marianne Aeschbacher)
- 1997 European Aquatics Championships, Sevilla, 2nd (with Virginie Dedieu)
- 1999 European Aquatics Championships, Istanbul, 2nd (with Virginie Dedieu)
- 2000 European Aquatics Championships, Helsinki, 2nd (with Virginie Dedieu)
- 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney, 3rd (with Virginie Dedieu)
- Team
- 1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta, 5th
- 2000 European Aquatics Championships, Helsinki, 3rd
- 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney, 4th
References
- ^ "Myriam Lignot". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- "Le jour de gloire est arrivé". La Dépêche du Midi. 27 September 2000.
- Soodts-Beuscart, Cathy (8 August 2012). "JO 2012 / Myriam Lignot n'a rien oublié de Sydney". L'Aisne nouvelle. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- "Pays d'Aix Nat Synchro". Aix-natation-synchronise.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ^ "Myriam Lignot". The-sports.org. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
- 1975 births
- Living people
- French synchronized swimmers
- Olympic bronze medalists for France
- Olympic synchronized swimmers for France
- Synchronized swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Synchronized swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- People from Laon
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming