Sylvie Fréchette
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Sylvie Fréchette in 2012 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Nationality |
 Canada |
| Born |
June 27, 1967 Montreal, Canada |
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Synchronized swimming |
| Club | Montréal Synchro Inc |
Medal record
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Sylvie Fréchette, MSC (born 27 June 1967 in Montreal, Quebec) is a former Canadian synchronized swimmer.
Sylvie competed in the women's solo at the 1992 Summer Olympics. In the technical figures routine, a Brazilian judge accidentally entered a score of 8.7 instead of 9.7, costing her first place;[1] after several appeals by the Canadian Olympic Committee, her medal was upgraded to gold.[2] Kristen Babb-Sprague, the beneficiary of the judge's error, was allowed to keep her gold medal. Sylvie's success in the pool continued with a silver medal in the women's team event at the following Olympics.[3]
In 1999, she was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. She has also contributed as a swimmer, designer, and coach to the synchronized-swimming portions of Cirque du Soleil's water-based stage production O, which opened in 1988 at the Bellagio hotel and casino in Las Vegas.
Since 2006, Sylvie has been an ambassador for Oxfam.[4]
Personal
Sylie Frechette was engaged to her business partner Sylvain Lake, but he committed suicide a week before the 1992 Games. Lake was a television track analyst and former 400m track athlete. Today she lives with her husband and two children in Prévost, Quebec.[5]
References
- ↑ Buchalter, Bill (7 August 1992). "Babb-sprague wins synchronized gold". Chicago Tribune (USA). Retrieved 4 November 2014.
- ↑ Bucholtz, Andrew (9 July 2012). "Sylvie Frechette's long wait for the gold she deserved". Yahoo! Sports (USA). Retrieved 4 November 2014.
- ↑ "Sylvie Fréchette Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ↑ "Oxfam-Quebec in action - Sylvie Fréchette". Oxfam Quebec. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ↑ "Barcelona memories still fresh for Frechette". Canada.com. December 29, 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
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