Marcel Gery

Marcel Gery
Personal information
National team Czechoslovakia
 Canada
Born (1965-03-15) March 15, 1965 (age 59)
Smolenice, Trnava, Czechoslovakia
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
ClubNorth York Aquatic Club
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Czechoslovakia
Friendship Games
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Moscow 100 metre butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Moscow 200 metre butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Moscow 4×100 m freestyle relay
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Moscow 4×200 m freestyle relay
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Moscow 4×100 m medley relay
European Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Sofia 100 m butterfly
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Kobe 200 m freestyle
Representing Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona 4×100 m medley
Pan Pacific Championships
Silver medal – second place 1991 Edmonton 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 1991 Edmonton 4x100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Brisbane 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Edmonton 4x100 m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1990 Auckland 4x100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1990 Auckland 100m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Auckland 4x100 m freestyle

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

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References

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  1. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ 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.
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