Mélanie Henique

Mélanie Henique
Personal information
Nationality  France
Born (1992-12-22) December 22, 1992
Amiens
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly
Club Amiens Métropole Natation

Mélanie Henique (born 22 December 1992) is a French swimmer who won a bronze medal in 50 m butterfly at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai.[1]

Personal life

In 2014, she was 55th on Brigitte Fouré's list for the municipal elections in Amiens.[2]

In 2015, being openly lesbian, she was a victim of a homophobic attack in Amiens, suffering from a broken nose and forcing her to withdraw from the French Swimming Open.[3]

References

  1. "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50m Butterfly (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
  2. "Amiens Municipal Elections: Brigitte Fouré's list is Revealed" (in French). Courrier Picard. 1 February 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  3. Wee, Darren (7 July 2015). "France swimmer suffers broken nose in anti-gay attack". Gay Star News. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
Records
Preceded by
Shinri Shioura, Sayaka Akase, Kenta Ito, Kanako Watanabe
Mixed 4 × 50 metres freestyle relay world record-holder
21 October 2013 – 10 November 2013
With: Florent Manaudou, Jérémy Stravius, Anna Santamans
Succeeded by
Tomaso D'Orsogna, Regan Leong, Bronte Campbell, Cate Campbell
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