Alexandre Liess
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Gex[1] |
| Nationality |
 Switzerland |
| Born |
20 June 1991 Geneva, Switzerland |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly |
| Club | SSG Saar Max Ritter[1] |
| Coach | Gennadi Touretski[1] |
Alexandre Liess (born June 20, 1991 in Geneva) is a Swiss swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events.[1][2] He is a 10-time Swiss swimming champion, and currently holds age group national records in the 200 m butterfly. Liess is a member of SSG Saar Max Ritter in Germany, under his Russian-born coach Gennadi Touretski, who is best known for training multiple Olympic medalists Alexander Popov and Michael Klim in the late 1990s.[1][3]
Liess qualified for the men's 200 m butterfly at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by breaking a Swiss record and eclipsing a FINA B-cut of 1:58.13 from the European Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.[4][5] He challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including former semifinalist Hsu Chi-chieh of the Chinese Taipei. Liess rounded out the field to last place by 0.16 of a second behind Canada's David Sharpe, outside his record time of 2:00.13. Liess failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-third overall in the preliminaries.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Alexandre Liess". London 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ↑ "Alexandre Liess". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ↑ "FSN Profile – Alexandre Liess" (PDF). Schweizerischer Schwimmverband. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ↑ "2012 LEN European Aquatics Championships (Debrecen, Hungary) – Men's 200m Butterfly Semifinals" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ↑ "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 200 m butterfly" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 2". London 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2013.