Marcel Gery
Marcel Gery (in Czech and Slovak Marcel Géry; born March 15, 1965) is a former butterfly swimmer, who was born in Czechoslovakia and competed for the Czechoslovak national team in international competitions.
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| Full name | Marcel Gery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Czechoslovakia.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 15, 1965 Smolenice, Trnava, Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | North York Aquatic Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At the 1985 Summer Universiade, Gery won a bronze medal in the 200-metre freestyle.[1]
He later emigrated to Canada and competed for the Canadian national team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he won bronze medal with the men's 4×100-metres medley relay team, alongside Mark Tewksbury, Jonathan Cleveland and Stephen Clarke.[2]
See also
References
- ISHOF list with all medalists in history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marcel Gery". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
External links
- Marcel Gery at Swimming Canada
- Marcel Gery at FINA
- Marcel Gery at the Canadian Olympic Committee
- Marcel Gery at Olympics.com
- Marcel Gery at Olympedia
- Marcel Gery at the Commonwealth Games Federation
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