Jérémy Desplanches (born 7 August 1994) is a Swiss breaststroke and medley

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. He competed at the

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, at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

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and was finalist at the

2017 World Aquatics Championships The 17th FINA World Championships () were held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.

. He won the men's 200m Individual Medley final at the Glasgow 2018 European Swimming Championships in Glasgow and got silver in men's 200m individual medley at the 18th FINA World Championships in Gwangju. He's the second male swimmer from Switzerland to claim a medal at the FINA World Championships, after Dano Halsall in the men's 50m freestyle in 1986. He represented Switzerland at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

and won a bronze medal in the men's 200m individual medley.

International Swimming League

In 2019 Desplanches was member of the

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representing Team Iron.

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* 1994 births Living people Swiss male breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Switzerland Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Swiss male medley swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Geneva 21st-century Swiss sportsmen Military World Games bronze medalists for Switzerland Military World Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics {{Switzerland-swimming-bio-stub