Myriam Lignot
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| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 July 1975 Laon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Synchronized swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Duet, Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 2000 Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Myriam Lignot (born 9 July 1975 in Laon, Aisne) is a French synchronized swimmer and Olympic medalist. She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, in duet together with Virginie Dedieu,[citation needed] and placed fourth in the team competition.[1]
Lignot retired after the Sydney 2000 Games at the age of 25.[2] Few years later, she became coach of Pays d'Aix Natation synchronized swimming club.[3][4]
Career records
[edit]- Duet
- 1994 World Aquatics Championships, Rome, 4th (with Marianne Aeschbacher)[5]
- 1995 European Aquatics Championships, Vienna, 2nd (with Marianne Aeschbacher)[5]
- 1997 European Aquatics Championships, Sevilla, 2nd (with Virginie Dedieu)[5]
- 1999 European Aquatics Championships, Istanbul, 2nd (with Virginie Dedieu)[5]
- 2000 European Aquatics Championships, Helsinki, 2nd (with Virginie Dedieu)[5]
- 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney, 3rd (with Virginie Dedieu)[1]
- Team
- 1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta, 5th[1]
- 2000 European Aquatics Championships, Helsinki, 3rd[5]
- 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney, 4th[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Myriam Lignot". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- ^ "Le jour de gloire est arrivé". La Dépêche du Midi. 27 September 2000.
- ^ Soodts-Beuscart, Cathy (8 August 2012). "JO 2012 / Myriam Lignot n'a rien oublié de Sydney". L'Aisne nouvelle. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ^ "Pays d'Aix Nat Synchro". Aix-natation-synchronise.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f "Myriam Lignot". The-sports.org. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
Categories:
- 1975 births
- Living people
- French synchronized swimmers
- Olympic bronze medalists for France
- Olympic synchronized swimmers for France
- Synchronized swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Synchronized swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- People from Laon
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming