Solenne Figuès
Personal information
Full nameSolenne Figuès
Nationality France
Born (1979-06-06) 6 June 1979
Villepinte, France
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesfreestyle
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2004 Athens200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place2005 Montreal200 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2004 Madrid 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2004 Madrid 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2004 Madrid 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Helsinki 4×200 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2001 Antwerp 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2002 Riesa 200 m freestyle
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2003 Daegu 4×100 m freestyle
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1997 Bari 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2005 Almería 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2005 Almería 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2005 Almería 100 m freestyle

Solenne Figuès (born 6 June 1979 in Villepinte) is a French swimmer.

Figuès represented France in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and the 2004 Athens Olympics. She won her first medal, a bronze, in 2000, in the 2000 European Swimming Championship in the 4×200 m freestyle relays. This was followed by a bronze in swimming in the 2004 Athens Olympics and, in the 2005 FINA Swimming World Cup in Montreal, a gold in the 200 m freestyle.

She also studies physical therapy, which she practices in Toulouse.

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