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| Full name | Magali Rousseau | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Mag | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 March 1988 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Canet 66[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Philippe Lucas[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Magali Rousseau (born 10 March 1988) is a French swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[2] She represented her nation France in the 200 m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has been a member of Canet 66 in Canet-en-Roussillon throughout her swimming career under the tutelage of her coach Philippe Lucas.[1] Rousseau is the daughter of three-time Olympic freestyle swimmer Michel Rousseau.[3][4]
Rousseau competed as a lone French swimmer in the women's 200 m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, she topped the field with a personal best of 2:10.07 to eclipse both the nation's own Olympic standard and the FINA A-cut (2:10.84) at the French Championships in Dunkirk.[5] Swimming on the far outside in heat three, Rousseau chased the rest of the swimmers throughout the race to round out the field with a seventh-place time in 2:13.12. Rousseau failed to advance to the semifinals, as she placed twenty-eighth overall in the prelims.[6]
Rousseau is a very successful World Games athlete. In 2013, she won four gold medals and one bronze in life saving. In 2017, she won another gold medal in lifesaving.[7]
