Analia Pigrée (born 31 July 2001) is a French Guianese

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who competes internationally representing France. She is the French record holder in the

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and

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50 metre

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and the short course 100 metre backstroke. In the 50 metre backstroke, she won the gold medal at the

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(long course), a silver medal at the 2021 European Short Course Championships, and the bronze medal at the

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(long course). In the 100 metre backstroke, she won the bronze medal at the 2021 European Short Course Championships.

Background

Pigrée was born 31 July 2001 in

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."Analia Pigree: Results"
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''. Retrieved 27 November 2021. One of the swimmers Pigrée was inspired by growing up was Malia Metella.

Career

2021

At the French Championships held in Chartres,

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in June 2021, Pigrée broke the French record in the 50 metre backstroke, set in 2018 by

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, with a time of 27.81 seconds in the prelims heats on 18 June.Dubuis, Eric (18 June 2021)
"Canet 66 Natation - Record de France et titre national pour la Guyanaise Analia Pigrée"
(in French). '' L'Indépendant''. Retrieved 27 November 2021.Byrnes, Liz (18 June 2021)
"Maxime Grousset Goes 47.89 In 100 Free For Tokyo Ticket; 50 Back Record For Analia Pigree"
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''. Retrieved 27 November 2021. In the final of the 50 metre backstroke later the same day, she lowered her own French record by over two-tenths of a second to 27.59 seconds.Sutherland, James (21 June 2021)
"SS Digest: Everything You Need To Know From The French Elite Championships"
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''. Retrieved 27 November 2021. About six weeks later, at the 2021 Spanish Summer Open Championships in

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, Pigrée set a new French record in the 50 metre backstroke on 3 August with a time of 27.39 seconds."CTO. España Absoluto y Junior de Verano - Astralpool: Records Broken by event All Events"
'' Real Federación Española de Natación''. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

2021 European Short Course Championships

In the semifinals of the 50 metre backstroke at the 2021 European Short Course Championships, held at the

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, Pigrée swam a personal best time of 26.05 seconds, which advanced her to the final of the event ranked first.

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(4 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 50m Backstroke Women Semi-Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 27 November 2021. In the final of the event on 5 November, Pigrée won the silver medal in a time of 26.08 seconds, finishing behind

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of the

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(5 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 50m Backstroke Women Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 27 November 2021.Hamann, Michael (5 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap"
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''. Retrieved 27 November 2021. About the outcome, Pigrée said to ''

'', "First international competition, first final and first medal. This is just insane! This race was really close to my heart and really wanted to represent France well."Byrnes, Liz (5 November 2021)
"Evgeniia Chikunova Sets WJR In 200 Breaststroke; Anastasia Kirpichnikova 0.29 Off 1500 WR"
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''. Retrieved 9 December 2021. For the 100 metre backstroke, Pigrée swam a time of 56.40 seconds in the final of the event, which earned her the bronze medal and broke the former French record of 57.16 seconds set by

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in 2008.

(6 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 100m Backstroke Women Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 27 November 2021.Lepesant, Anne (6 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved 27 November 2021."Analia Pigrée, 3e des Championnats d'Europe en petit bassin sur 100m dos, efface le record de France de Laure Manaudou"
(in French). ''

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''. 6 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021. At the end of the Championships, when swimmers were ranked by their best individual performance at the Championships in terms of points earned for one swim, Pigrée ranked as the number five female competitor for her swim of 26.05 seconds in the semifinals of the 50 metre backstroke, which earned her 949 points and was rewarded with €12,000.Dornan, Ben (9 November 2021)
"Szabo, Shymanovich, Kirpichnikova Top SC Euros Rankings, Earn €25,000 Each"
''

''. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

2021 World Short Course Championships

For the 2021 World Short Course Championships at

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in Abu Dhabi,

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in December, Pigrée entered to compete in the 50 metre backstroke and 100 metre backstroke individual events.

(14 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m): Entries Book"
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''. Retrieved 14 December 2021."2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m): Athlete Entries"
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''. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021. On the first day of competition, Pigrée ranked 19th in the prelims heats of the 100 metre backstroke with a time of 58.63 seconds and did not qualify for the semifinals.

(16 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 100m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 16 December 2021. In the prelims heats of the 4×50 metre medley relay on day two, Pigrée split a 24.72 for the freestyle leg of the relay, helping achieve a time of 1:48.49 and rank of ninth overall.

(17 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 4x50m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 17 December 2021. Pigrée swam the anchor leg on the 4×50 metre mixed freestyle relay in the prelims heats as well, helping advance the relay to the final ranked sixth with her split of 24.30 seconds.

(17 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 17 December 2021. For the finals relay,

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substituted in for Pigrée and the relay placed sixth.

(17 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 17 December 2021. On the fourth day, Pigrée swam a 26.39 in prelims heat seven of the 50 metre backstroke, tied

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of the Netherlands and both swimmers qualified for the semifinals ranking fifth.

(19 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 50m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 19 December 2021. In the semifinals Pigrée ranked fifth with a time of 26.07 seconds and qualified for the final.

(19 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 50m Backstroke Semifinals Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 19 December 2021. For the final of the 50 metre backstroke Pigrée set a new French record with a time of 25.96 and placed fourth overall, finishing one-tenth of a second behind bronze medalist

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of Sweden.

(20 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 50m Backstroke Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 20 December 2021. Day six, the final day of competition, Pigrée helped qualify the 4×50 metre freestyle relay team to the final ranking sixth, splitting a 24.74 for the third leg of the relay.

(21 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 4x50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 21 December 2021. She anchored the relay in 24.43 in the final, helping achieve a seventh-place finish.

(21 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Women's 4x50m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

2022

At the 2022 French National Championships in Limoges Métropole, Pigrée placed fourth in the 100 metre backstroke with a time of 1:01.22 seconds.Sutherland, James (6 April 2022)
"2022 French Elite Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved 6 April 2022. The third day of competition, she achieved a

qualifying time of 27.72 seconds and second-place finish in the 50 metre backstroke."Championnats de France Elite - 50 m (2022): Résultats 50 Dos Dames"
(in French). ''

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''. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.Sutherland, James (7 April 2022)
"2022 French Elite Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved 7 April 2022. On day five, she placed fourth in the final of the 50 metre butterfly with a time of 26.73 seconds."Championnats de France Elite - 50 m (2022): Résultats 50 Papillon Dames"
(in French). ''

''. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022. For the 50 metre freestyle on the sixth and final day, she finished seventh in the final with a time of 25.81 seconds, which was less than one second behind first-place finisher

."Championnats de France Elite - 50 m (2022): Résultats 50 Nage Libre Dames"
(in French). ''

''. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.

2022 World Aquatics Championships

For the

, with pool swimming competition conducted at

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in June, Pigrée entered to compete in two individual events, the 100 metre backstroke, with an entry time of 59.88 seconds she achieved in December 2021 during the qualifying period, and the 50 metre backstroke, with an entry time of 27.41 seconds she achieved on 9 December 2021 and in the qualifying period.

(15 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Entries Book"
''

''. Retrieved 16 June 2022. On the second day of pool swimming competition, she qualified for the semifinals of the 100 metre backstroke with a time of 1:01.13 and overall 16th rank in the preliminaries.

(19 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 100m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 19 June 2022."Analia Pigree en demi-finale des Mondiaux de Budapest"
(in French). '' L'Indépendant''. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022. In the semifinals, she placed sixteenth with a time of 1:01.59 and did not advance to the final.

(19 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 100m Backstroke Semifinals Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 19 June 2022."100 m dos : ça passe de justesse pour Emma Terebo"
(in French). ''

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''. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022. On day four, she ranked fifth in the preliminaries of the 50 metre backstroke, qualifying for the semifinals with a time of 27.75 seconds.

(21 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 50m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 21 June 2022. For the semifinals, she set a new French record in the event with a time of 27.29 seconds, which was 0.31 seconds off the

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of 26.98 seconds set by

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of China in 2018, and qualified for the final the following day ranking second.

(21 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 50m Backstroke Semifinals Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 21 June 2022."Natation: Analia Pigrée bat le record de France du 50m dos et se qualifie pour la finale des championnats du monde"
(in French). '' L'Indépendant''. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022."50 m dos : qualification et record de France pour Analia Pigrée"
(in French). ''

''. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022."Analia Pigrée qualifiée en finale du 50 m dos des Mondiaux"
(in French). ''

''. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022. In the final, she won the bronze medal with a time of 27.40 seconds.

(22 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 50m Backstroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 22 June 2022."Natation : Analia Pigree en bronze sur le 50 m dos des mondiaux"
(in French). ''

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''. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022."Mondiaux de natation : Analia Pigrée en bronze sur 50m dos"
(in French). ''

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''. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

2022 European Aquatics Championships

On the third day of the

, held in August in

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, Pigrée ranked first in the prelims heats of the 50 metre backstroke with a time of 27.53 seconds and qualified for the semifinals.

(13 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Backstroke Women Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 13 August 2022."Natation : Ça passe pour Bonnet, Pigrée, Moluh, Viquerat et Secchi"
(in French). ''

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''. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022."Analia Pigrée domine les séries du 50 m dos aux Championnats d'Europe"
(in French). ''

''. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022. She ranked third in the semifinals, finishing in a time of 27.68 seconds and qualifying for the final.

(13 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Backstroke Women Semi-Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 13 August 2022."Bonnet, Pigree, Moluh et Viquerat rejoignent les finals des Championnats d'Europe"
(in French). ''

''. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022. In the final, swimming in the outdoor pool at

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(

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), she won the gold medal with a personal best and French record time of 27.27 seconds.

(14 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Backstroke Women Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 14 August 2022."Hungary's Kristof Milak claims men's 100m butterfly gold in Euros"
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''. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022."Euro de natation: Analia Pigrée championne d'Europe sur 50 m dos"
(in French). ''

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''. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.Serres, Éric (16 August 2022)
"Analia Pigrée endosse un record"
(in French). ''

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''. Retrieved 16 August 2022. The gold medal and European title marked her first time achieving a title at an international, continental or world, championships.Thébia, Marie-Claude (14 August 2022)
"Médaille d'or pour Analia Pigrée aux Championnats d'Europe à Rome"
(in French). '' La Première''. Retrieved 14 August 2022. In the preliminaries of the 100 metre backstroke the following day, she ranked tenth overall with a time of 1:01.24 and did not qualify for the semifinals as she was not one of the two fastest swimmers representing France.

(15 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Backstroke Women Preliminary"
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, Pigrée competed in three individual events, placing thirteenth in the 50 metre backstroke with a 26.92, eighteenth in the 100 metre backstroke with a time of 59.22 seconds, and 24th in the 50 metre freestyle with a 25.16.

(23 October 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022 Berlin (GER): Results Book"
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''. Retrieved 23 October 2022.

2022 World Short Course Championships

Day one of the 2022 World Short Course Championships in December in

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, Australia, Pigrée placed twenty-fourth in the 100 metre backstroke on day one with a time of 58.50 seconds.

(13 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Women's 100m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 13 December 2022. On the third morning, she qualified for the semifinals of the 50 metre backstroke from the morning preliminaries, where she ranked sixteenth with a time of 26.54 seconds.

(15 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Women's 50m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 15 December 2022. In the evening, she lowered her time and placed eleventh with a 26.26.

(15 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Women's 50m Backstroke Semifinals Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 15 December 2022. The morning of day five, she led-off the 4×50 metre medley relay with a time of 26.49 seconds, helping qualify the relay for the final ranking third with a French record time of 1:44.86.

(17 December 2022)
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''. Retrieved 17 December 2022.Boscher, Marie (17 December 2022)
"Record de France au relais 4x50m 4 nages pour la Guyanaise Analia Pigrée"
(in French). '' La Première''. Retrieved 20 December 2022. In the final, she lowered her time to a 26.30 to help finish in a French record time of 1:43.96 and place sixth.

(17 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Women's 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 17 December 2022.

2023

In February 2023, at the 44th Alejandro López Swimming Trophy in Spain, Pigrée won the long course 50 metre backstroke in a circuit record time of 28.15 seconds, which lowered the record by 0.10 seconds from the former mark set in 2011, as well as the 100 metre freestyle and 100 metre backstroke to win the overall female title, which was determined based on a FINA points system.Pérez, Marta (20 February 2023)
"Escrits y Pigree ganan el Alejandro López del Sant Andreu; Tonrath destaca en Mallorca"
(in Spanish). ''

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''. Retrieved 21 March 2023. The following month, she won the 50 metre backstroke with a time of 27.65 seconds at the 2023 Mediterranean Open in

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, earning 929 FINA points and an overall ranking of first amongst all swims by female competitors at the competition, which was 24 points ahead of the second highest-scoring swim, 905 points, by

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of Sweden in the 50 metre butterfly with a time of 25.25 seconds."Le migliori prestazioni tecniche del Meeting Open Méditerranée (GiantOpen)"
(in Italian). ''nuoto.com''. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023. At the 2023

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stop in May in

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, Pigrée won the gold medal in the women's 50 metre backstroke with a time of 27.92 seconds, which was the only time faster than 28.00 seconds."Canet-en-Roussillon: Day 1 Results (2023) , Mare Nostrum Swim Tour"
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''. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023. She also tied for seventh in the final of the 100 metre backstroke with a 1:01.13."Canet-en-Roussillon: Day 2 Results (2023) , Mare Nostrum Swim Tour"
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''. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023. On the second day of the 2023 French Elite Swimming Championships the following month in

Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine departm ...

, she won the silver medal in the 100 metre backstroke with a personal best and

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qualifying time of 59.79 seconds."Championnats de France ELITE - 50 m - 2023: 100 Dos Dames"
(in French). ''liveffn.com''. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023."Campionati di Francia. Jour 2. Tomac Mewen: 100 dorso (52.87). Lèon Marchand: 200 stile libero: (1.46.44)"
(in Italian). ''nuoto.com''. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023. With a 27.61 in the final of the 50 metre backstroke the following day, she won the gold medal and achieved another 2023 World Championships qualifying time."Championnats de France ELITE - 50 m - 2023: 50 Dos Dames"
(in French). ''liveffn.com''. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023. The fourth day, she placed second in the b-final of the 100 metre freestyle with a personal best time of 55.69 seconds."Championnats de France ELITE - 50 m - 2023: 100 Nage Libre Dames"
(in French). ''liveffn.com''. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023. On the following evening, she won the bronze medal in the 50 metre butterfly, finishing 1.62 seconds behind gold medalist

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with a time of 26.86 seconds."Championnats de France ELITE - 50 m - 2023: 50 Papillon Dames"
(in French). ''liveffn.com''. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

International championships (50 m)

International championships (25 m)

: Prigrée swam only in the prelims heats.

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

National records

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Legend: h – heat; sf – semifinal

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Legend: h – preliminary heat

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pigree, Analia 2001 births Living people Sportspeople from Cayenne French Guianan female swimmers French female backstroke swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming

Background

Career

2021

2021 European Short Course Championships

2021 World Short Course Championships

2022

2022 World Aquatics Championships

2022 European Aquatics Championships

2022 World Short Course Championships

2023

International championships (50 m)

International championships (25 m)

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

National records

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

See also

References

External links