Mehdy Metella

Mehdy Metella

Metella in Kazan, Russia 2015
Personal information
Full name	Mehdy Metella
National team	France
Born	(1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 Cayenne, France
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	90 kg (200 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, butterfly
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2015 Kazan 4×100 m freestyle 2015 Kazan 4×100 m medley World Championships (SC) 2014 Doha 4×100 m freestyle 2014 Doha 4×50 m medley 2014 Doha 4×100 m medley European championships (LC) 2014 Berlin 4×100 m freestyle 2014 Berlin 4×100 m medley 2016 London 4×100 m medley 2016 London 100 m butterfly European championships (SC) 2012 Chartres 4×50 m freestyle 2012 Chartres 4×50 m mixed freestyle 2012 Chartres 100 m butterfly

Mehdy Metella (born 17 July 1992) is a French freestyle and butterfly swimmer.^[1] He was part of the freestyle and medley 4×100 m teams that won a gold and a silver medal at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships and gold and bronze at the 2015 World Championship. In both cases, he swam the butterfly leg in the medley relay.

He also won multiple medals in the World and European Short Course swimming events.

As of 2015, he is the French record holder of the 100m butterfly long course, with a time of 51.24.

Personal life

He is the younger brother of Malia Metella, an Olympic and World championship medallist.

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