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Swiss swimmer (born 1980)
Nicole Zahnd
Full name Nicole Zahnd National team
Switzerland Born (1980-09-22 ) 22 September 1980 (age 43)
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Bern , Switzerland Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Weight 58 kg (128 lb) Sport
Swimming Strokes
Freestyle Club Vevey Natation Genève Natation 1885 Coach Dirk Reinecke
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).
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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).
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After an eight-year absence, Zahnd competed in all relays from the swimming program at the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens .
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[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.
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[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.
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[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.
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References
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"Four European Records Fall, Moravcova Steals the Show and Klochkova Upset on Final Day of Euro SC Champs" .
Swimming World Magazine . Archived from
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"Jahresbericht Zentralpräsident Frank Lutz" [Annual report from executive president Frank Lutz] (in German). Swiss Swimming Federation. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2013 .
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"Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Heat 2" (PDF) .
Atlanta 1996 .
LA84 Foundation . p. 51. Archived from
the original (
PDF ) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2013 .
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"Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 1" (PDF) .
Atlanta 1996 .
LA84 Foundation . p. 52. Archived from
the original (
PDF ) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2013 .
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"Swimming – Women's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Startlist (Heat 2)" (
PDF ) .
Athens 2004 . Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013 .
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"Swimming – Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Startlist (Heat 2)" (
PDF ) .
Athens 2004 . Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013 .
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"Swimming – Women's 4×100m Medley Relay Startlist (Heat 1)" (
PDF ) .
Athens 2004 . Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013 .
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"Women's 4×100m Freestyle Heat 2" .
Athens 2004 .
BBC Sport . 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013 .
^ Thomas, Stephen (14 August 2004).
"Women's 400 Freestyle Relay Prelims: Aussie Women Qualify Fastest Ahead of Team USA; Germans and Dutch in the Mix" .
Swimming World Magazine . Archived from
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"Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 2" .
Athens 2004 .
BBC Sport . 18 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013 .
^ Thomas, Stephen (18 August 2004).
"Women's 800 Freestyle Relay, Day 5 Prelims: Team USA Posts the Fastest Time, Brits and Aussies Next" .
Swimming World Magazine . Archived from
the original on 3 December 2005. Retrieved 26 April 2013 .
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"Women's 4×100m Medley Heat 1" .
Athens 2004 .
BBC Sport . 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013 .
^ Thomas, Stephen (20 August 2004).
"Women's 400 Medley Relay, Prelims Day 7: Aussies Qualify Ahead of USA in Two-Way Battle for Gold" .
Swimming World Magazine . Archived from
the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2013 .