Nicole Zahnd
Personal information | |
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Full name | Nicole Zahnd |
National team | Switzerland |
Born | [1] Bern, Switzerland | 22 September 1980
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Club | Vevey Natation Genève Natation 1885 |
Coach | Dirk Reinecke |
Nicole Zahnd (born 22 September 1980) is a retired Swiss swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. She was born in
Zahnd made her own swimming history, as a 16-year-old, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, finishing seventeenth as part of the Swiss relay team in the 4×100 m freestyle (3:53.30), and sixteenth in the 4×200 m freestyle (8:21.55).[5][6]
After an eight-year absence, Zahnd competed in all relays from the swimming program at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[7][8][9] On the first day of the Games, Zahnd teamed up with Dominique Diezi, Marjorie Sagne, and 16-year-old Seraina Prünte in the 4×100 m freestyle relay. Swimming the anchor leg, Zahnd recorded a split of 56.50, the fastest in Swiss history, and her team finished the race in seventh place and fifteenth overall in a final time of 3:48.61.[10][11] Four days later, in the 4×200 m freestyle relay, Zahnd placed twelfth, along with Chantal Strasser, Hanna Miluska, and Flavia Rigamonti, in 8:10.41.[12][13] In her final event, 4×100 m medley relay, Zahnd swam the anchor freestyle leg, with Diezi (backstroke), Carmela Schlegel (breaststroke), and Carla Stampfli (butterfly), to pull off another fifteenth-place effort for the Swiss team in a time of 4:15.54. In the race, Zahnd lowered her personal best to 56.07 seconds.[14][15]
References
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- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nicole Zahnd". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the originalon 2 January 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ^ "Jahresbericht Zentralpräsident Frank Lutz" [Annual report from executive president Frank Lutz] (in German). Swiss Swimming Federation. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
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- Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the originalon 28 December 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the originalon 3 December 2005. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the originalon 3 February 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2013.