Mehdy Metella

Mehdy Metella
Metella in Kazan, Russia 2015
Personal information
National teamFrance
Born (1992-07-17) 17 July 1992
Cayenne, French Guiana, France
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight95 kg (209 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, butterfly
Medal record
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
2015 Kazan 4×100 m freestyle
2015 Kazan 4×100 m medley
2017 Budapest 100 m freestyle
2019 Gwangju 4×100 m mixed freestyle
World Championships (SC)
2014 Doha 4×100 m freestyle
2014 Doha 4×50 m medley
2016 Windsor 4×100 m freestyle
2014 Doha 4×100 m medley
European championships (LC)
2014 Berlin 4×100 m freestyle
2018 Glasgow 4×100 m mixed freestyle
2014 Berlin 4×100 m medley
2016 London 4×100 m medley
2018 Glasgow 100 m butterfly
2016 London 100 m butterfly
2018 Glasgow 100 m freestyle
European championships (SC)
2012 Chartres 4×50 m freestyle
2012 Chartres 4×50 m mixed freestyle
2012 Chartres 100 m butterfly

Mehdy Metella (born 17 July 1992) is a French freestyle and butterfly swimmer.[1] He was part of the freestyle and medley 4 × 100 m teams that won a gold and a silver medal at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships and gold and bronze at the 2015 World Championship. In both cases, he swam the butterfly leg in the medley relay.

He also won multiple medals in the World and European Short Course swimming events.

He is the French record holder of the 100m butterfly long course, with a time of 51.06. In the French swimming championships in Rennes he broke his own national record in the 100 m butterfly with a time of 50s85’’.

Personal life

He is the younger brother of Malia Metella, an Olympic and World championship medallist.

References

  1. ^ Mehdy Metella. lequipe.fr