Cylia Vabre
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 France |
| Born |
1 March 1984 Montélimar, France |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Individual medley |
| Club | Lyon Natation[1] |
| Coach | Richard Martinez[1] |
Cylia Vabre (born March 1, 1984 in Montélimar) is a French swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.[2] She is a member of Lyon Natation in Lyon, and is coached and trained by Richard Martinez.[1]
Vabre qualified for the women's 200 m individual medley at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing second behind Camille Muffat and clearing a FINA A-standard entry time of 2:13.19 from the Olympic trials in Dunkirk.[3] She challenged seven other swimmers on the fourth heat, including top medal favorites Muffat, Katinka Hosszú of Hungary, and Katie Hoff of the United States. Vabre raced to seventh place by nine hundredths of a second (0.09) behind host nation China's Qi Hui in 2:14.25. Vabre failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed twenty-first out of 39 swimmers in the preliminary heats.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 "France Olympique Profile – Cylia Vabre" (in French). French Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ↑ "Cylia Vabre". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ↑ "French Olympic Trials: Hugues Duboscq, Camille Muffat Set National Records". Swimming World Magazine. 23 April 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ↑ "Women's 200m Individual Medley – Heat 4". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 27 December 2012.