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Mehdy Metella

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Mehdy Metella
Metella in Kazan, Russia 2015
Personal information
National teamFrance
Born (1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 (age 32)
Cayenne, French Guiana, France
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight95 kg (209 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, butterfly
Medal record

Mehdy Metella (born 17 July 1992) is a French freestyle and butterfly swimmer.[1] He was part of the freestyle and medley 4 × 100 m teams that won a gold and a silver medal at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships and gold and bronze at the 2015 World Championship. In both cases, he swam the butterfly leg in the medley relay.

He also won multiple medals in the World and European Short Course swimming events.

He is the French record holder of the 100m butterfly long course, with a time of 51.06. In the French swimming championships in Rennes he broke his own national record in the 100 m butterfly with a time of 50s85’’.

Personal life

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He is the younger brother of Malia Metella, an Olympic and World championship medallist.

References

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  1. ^ Mehdy Metella. lequipe.fr
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