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.
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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.
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. 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 ...
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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
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References
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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