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Laure Thibaud (born 2 July 1978) is a French former synchronized swimmer.


Synchronized swimming

Thibaud joined the National Team in 2000, after the Sydney Games. Thibaud competed at the
2002 European Aquatics Championships The 2002 LEN European Championships were held in Berlin, Germany from Monday 29 July to Sunday 4 August 2002 at the Berlin Eurosportpark in the German capital. The 26th edition of the event was organised by the LEN. A total number of 786 swimme ...
and
2003 World Aquatics Championships The 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships were held July 12–27, 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. The championships featured competition in all 5 of FINA's disciplines: Swimming, Diving, Synchronised swimming, Water Polo, and Open Water Swimming. ...
. She won a bronze medal at the
2004 European Aquatics Championships The 2004 LEN European Championships were held in Madrid, Spain from 5–16 May, at the M86 Swimming Center in the southeast of the city. The championships brought together the European Championships in swimming (long course), open water swimm ...
with Virginie Dedieu and they finished 5th at the
2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
. Thibaud retired after the Athens 2004 Games at the age of 26. She is now technical advisor of the North-East of France for
FINA World Aquatics, formerly known as FINA (; ), is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competitions in List of water sports, water sports. It is one of several interna ...
.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thibaud, Laure 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Nîmes French synchronized swimmers Olympic synchronized swimmers for France Synchronized swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming 21st-century French sportswomen