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Marcel Gery (in
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and Slovak Marcel Géry; born March 15, 1965) is a former
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swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...
, who was born in
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and competed for the Czechoslovak national team in international competitions. At the
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, Gery won a bronze medal in the 200-metre freestyle.ISHOF list with all medalists in history
He later emigrated to Canada and competed for the Canadian national team at the
1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...
in Barcelona, Spain. There he won bronze medal with the men's 4×100-metres medley relay team, alongside Mark Tewksbury, Jonathan Cleveland and Stephen Clarke.


See also

* List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men) *
List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in swimming. Men's events 50 metre freestyle 100 metre freestyle 200 metre freestyle 400 metre freestyle 800 metre freestyle 1500 metre freestyle 100 metre backstroke 200 m ...


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Marcel Gery
at Swimming Canada * * * * * 1965 births Living people People from Trnava District Sportspeople from the Trnava Region Czechoslovak emigrants to Canada Canadian male butterfly swimmers Canadian male freestyle swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic swimmers for Canada Slovak male swimmers Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming Czechoslovak male swimmers Summer World University Games medalists in swimming Slovak emigrants to Canada FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Slovakia-sport-bio-stub