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| National team |  France | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1983-02-25) 25 February 1983 (age 41) Quimper, Finistère, France | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Individual medley | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Canet 66 | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Philippe Lucas | ||||||||||||||
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Pierre Henri (born 25 February 1983) is a French swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events. He represented his nation France at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and also claimed a silver medal in the 400 m individual medley at the 2001 European Junior Championships in Valletta, Malta (4:21.39). Henri is a member of Club Natation Canet 66 in Canet-en-Roussillon, and is coached and trained by Philippe Lucas.
Henri competed as a lone French swimmer in the men's 400 m individual medley at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He topped the field with a time of 4:18.23 for an outright spot on the Olympic swimming team at the French Championships in Dunkirk, bettering the FINA A-standard (4:18.40) by just 0.17 of a second. Swimming in heat five, Henri came from the bottom of the field to power past the Greek swimmer Romanos Alyfantis by exactly a single second for the seventh spot in 4:22.41. Henri failed to advance to the top eight final, as he placed twenty-second overall in the prelims.
References
- ^ "France Olympique Profile – Pierre Henri" (in French). French Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pierre Henri". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- "Euro Juniors Day One: Britain's Goddard Streaks 4:19 in IM". Swimming World Magazine. 6 July 2001. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- "French Olympic Trials: French Record in Women's 400 IM Falls". Swimming World Magazine. 20 April 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- "Swimming: Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 4". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
External links
- Pierre Henri at World Aquatics
- Pierre Henri at Olympedia (archive)
- NBC Olympics Profile
- Pierre Henri at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)
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