Swiss swimmer (born 1980)
Nicole Zahnd
Full name Nicole Zahnd National team Switzerland Born (1980-09-22 ) 22 September 1980 (age 44) [ 1] Bern , SwitzerlandHeight 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Weight 58 kg (128 lb) Sport Swimming Strokes Freestyle Club Vevey Natation Coach Dirk Reinecke
Nicole Zahnd (born 22 September 1980) is a retired Swiss swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. She was born in Bern .[ 2] 2001 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Antwerp, Belgium .[ 3] Geneva , before she trained under head coach Dirk Reinecke as part of the Swiss national team. Zahnd is also the wife of former medley swimmer and two-time Olympian Yves Platel (2000 and 2004).[ 4]
Zahnd made her own swimming history, as a 16-year-old, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , finishing seventeenth as part of the Swiss relay team in the 4×100 m freestyle (3:53.30), and sixteenth in the 4×200 m freestyle (8:21.55).[ 5] [ 6]
After an eight-year absence, Zahnd competed in all relays from the swimming program at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens .[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] Dominique Diezi , Marjorie Sagne , and 16-year-old Seraina Prünte in the 4×100 m freestyle relay . Swimming the anchor leg, Zahnd recorded a split of 56.50, the fastest in Swiss history, and her team finished the race in seventh place and fifteenth overall in a final time of 3:48.61.[ 10] [ 11] 4×200 m freestyle relay , Zahnd placed twelfth, along with Chantal Strasser , Hanna Miluska , and Flavia Rigamonti , in 8:10.41.[ 12] [ 13] 4×100 m medley relay , Zahnd swam the anchor freestyle leg, with Diezi (backstroke), Carmela Schlegel (breaststroke), and Carla Stampfli (butterfly), to pull off another fifteenth-place effort for the Swiss team in a time of 4:15.54. In the race, Zahnd lowered her personal best to 56.07 seconds.[ 14] [ 15]
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