Diane Bui Duyet, sometimes spelled "Bui-Duyet", (born 22 December 1979 in Nouméa, New Caledonia) is a French New Caledonian swimmer. Due to the

New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...

's status as an overseas territory of France, Bui Duyet competes for New Caledonia in regional (Pacific) competitions and for France in continental and above competitions (similar to

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and

2011 Pacific Games The 14th Pacific Games (), also known as NC 2011 or Nouméa 2011, took place in Nouméa, New Caledonia, from August 27 to September 10, 2011. Nouméa was the 14th host of the Pacific Games. Upon closure of the registration for entries, "some 4,300 ...

, Bui Duyet swam on several relay teams together with

Lara Grangeon Lara Grangeon (born 21 September 1991) is a French swimmer from the territory of New Caledonia who competes in the individual medley and butterfly events. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she finished 18th overall in the heats in the 400 metre individ ...

, who also represents both France and New Caledonia. Bui Duyet was the world record holder in the women's short course (25 meter pool) 100 meter butterfly with a time of 55.05 seconds. She set the record in the semi-finals of the

2009 European Short Course Swimming Championships The 2009 European Short Course Swimming Championships was held in Istanbul, Turkey, from Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 December 2009. A temporary swimming pool was built within the Abdi İpekçi Arena. The event was held over four days with: heats, ...

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. She went on to get a silver medal in the finals with a time of 55.93 seconds. In April 2009, she set the French record in the long-course 50m butterfly (26.10), following up on her December 2008 setting of the European record in the short-course (25m) 100 fly (56.50). She also held the French record in the short-course 50 fly (25.56).

South Pacific Games (SPGs)

At the

2003 South Pacific Games The 12th South Pacific Games (), also known as Suva 2003, were held in Suva, Fiji from 28 June to 12 July 2003. The Games were the 12th ''South Pacific Games'' to be held since the event's inception and were the 40th anniversary of their beginnin ...

(SPG), Bui Duyet was named the female ''Swimmer of the Meet'', after she won 10 events, 5 in Games Records. 2007 saw her swim at her fourth South Pacific Games. Bui Duyet had a similar performance to her one from SPG'03 at SPG'07: she won all 6 events she swam and Games Records were set in 5 of them. She was named as one of two ambassadors for the

which New Caledonia hosted.Diane Bui-Duyet et Nyipiengo Passa, les ambassadeurs des XIVes Jeux du Pacifique
. From the website of the 2011 Pacific Games; retrieved 2010-03-16.

References

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