Camille Muffat

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Camille Muffat
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Personal information
Full nameCamille Muffat
Nationality France
Born(1989-10-28)28 October 1989
Nice, France
Died9 March 2015(2015-03-09) (aged 25)
La Rioja, Argentina
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
ClubOlympique Nice Natation

Camille Muffat (French pronunciation: ​[ka.mij myfa]; 28 October 1989 – 9 March 2015) was a French swimmer and three-time Olympic medalist.[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she won gold in the 400-meter freestyle, silver in the 200-meter freestyle and bronze in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay.

She died in the Villa Castelli helicopter crash during the filming of French TV reality show Dropped for the TF1 network.[2]

References[change | change source]

  1. Muffat's entry Archived 2020-04-17 at the Wayback Machine from sports-reference.com.
  2. "French Olympians filming reality TV survival show killed in helicopter crash in Argentina". Telegraph.co.uk. 10 March 2015.

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