Magali Rousseau
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Magali Rousseau |
| Nickname(s) | Mag |
| Born |
10 March 1988 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Butterfly |
| Club | Canet 66[1] |
| Coach | Philippe Lucas[1] |
Magali Rousseau (born March 10, 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 also the daughter of three-time Olympic freestyle swimmer Michel Rousseau (1968, 1972, and 1976).[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, just three minutes shy of her personal best. Rousseau failed to advance to the semifinals, as she placed twenty-eighth overall in the prelims.[6]
Rousseau, currently on holiday, is residing in Mount Maunganui of New Zealand under coach John 'Spindles' Bryant and alongside legend Amy Barron where she hopes to make a mark on New Zealand surf life saving beach events, rather than focusing on pool swimming. She was able to qualify for the 2016 Taranaki open team for the NZ representative challenge, alongside ironman great Julia Conway.
References
- 1 2 3 "France Olympique Profile – Magali Rousseau" (in French). French Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ↑ "Magali Rousseau". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ↑ Lord, Craig (8 June 2012). "Bernard 100 WR: First Sub-47 Man - 46.94 Suit Debut". Swim News. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ↑ "Michel Rousseau". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ↑ "Championnats de France de natation: victoire d'Alain Bernard sur 100m libre" [French Swimming Championships: Alain Bernard takes victory over 100m freestyle] (in French). La Dépêche du Midi. 24 April 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming: Women's 200m Butterfly Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 27 December 2012.