Marcel Gery
Czech and Canadian swimmer
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| National team |  Czechoslovakia Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1965-03-15) March 15, 1965 (age 59) Smolenice, Trnava, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | North York Aquatic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marcel Gery (in Czech and Slovak Marcel Géry; born March 15, 1965) is a former butterfly swimmer, who was born in Czechoslovakia and competed for the Czechoslovak national team in international competitions.
At the 1985 Summer Universiade, Gery won a bronze medal in the 200-metre freestyle.[1]
He later emigrated to Canada and competed for the Canadian national team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he won bronze medal with the men's 4×100-metres medley relay team, alongside Mark Tewksbury, Jonathan Cleveland and Stephen Clarke.[2]
See also
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
References
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marcel Gery". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
External links
- Marcel Gery at Swimming Canada
- Marcel Gery at World Aquatics
- Marcel Gery at Team Canada
- Marcel Gery at Olympics.com
- Marcel Gery at Olympic.org (archived)
- Marcel Gery at Olympedia
- Marcel Gery at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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- 1934: 3×100 yards
- 1938 – 1954: 3×110 yards
- 1958 – 1966: 4×110 yards
- 1970 – present: 4×100 metres
- 1934:
Gazell, Burleigh, Puddy (CAN) - 1938:
Dove, Davies, Taylor (ENG) - 1950: Hale, Kendall, Romain (ENG)
- 1954:
Weld, Hawkins, Henricks (AUS) - 1958: Chapman, Monckton, Devitt, Gathercole (AUS)
- 1962: Dickson, O'Brien, Carroll, Berry (AUS)
- 1966:
Gilchrist, Chase, Hutton, Jacks (CAN) - 1970: MacDonald, Kasting, Mahony, Kennedy (CAN)
- 1974: Phillips, Robertson, Pickell, Mahony (CAN)
- 1978: Sawchuk, Thompson, Smith, Tapp (CAN)
- 1982: Orbell, Sieben, Brooks, Evans (AUS)
- 1986: Tewksbury, Davis, Ponting, Baumann (CAN)
- 1990: Cleveland, Gery, Tewksbury, Ponting (CAN)
- 1994: Fydler, Rogers, Miller, Dewick (AUS)
- 1998: Watson, Cowley, Huegill, Klim (AUS)
- 2002: Welsh, Piper, Huegill, Thorpe (AUS)
- 2006: Welsh, Rickard, Klim, Sullivan (AUS)
- 2010: Delaney, Rickard, Huegill, Sullivan (AUS)
- 2014: Walker-Hebborn, Peaty, Barrett, Brown (ENG)
- 2018: Larkin, Packard, Irvine, Chalmers (AUS)
- 2022: Williams, Wilby, Guy, Dean (ENG)
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