Jérémy Desplanches

Jérémy Desplanches (born 7 August 1994) is a Swiss swimmer.[1]

Jérémy Desplanches
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born (1994-08-07) 7 August 1994
Geneva, Switzerland
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesMedley
ClubGenève Natation 1885

He competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and was finalist at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.[1][2]

He won the men's 200m Individual Medley final at the Glasgow 2018 European Swimming Championships in Glasgow[3] and got silver in men's 200m individual medley at the 18th FINA World Championships in Gwangju.[4] He's the second male swimmer from Switzerland to claim a medal at the FINA World Championships, after Dano Halsall in the men's 50m freestyle in 1986.

He has qualified to represent Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

International Swimming League

In 2019 Desplanches was member of the 2019 International Swimming League representing Team Ironman.

References

  1. "Jeremy Desplanches". les-sports.info. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  2. Schönenberger, Carl. "Kein Schweizer-Exploit an Schwimm-WM in Budapest" (in German). Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  3. "Jérémy Desplanches champion d'Europe!". Tribune de Genève. 2018-08-06.
  4. "FINA World Championships 2019 | As it happened: Day 14". Olympic Channel. 2019-07-25.
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