Marcel Gery (in Czech and Slovak Marcel Géry; born March 15, 1965) is a former

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, who was born in

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

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 ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

in Barcelona, Spain. There he won bronze medal with the men's 4×100-metres medley relay team, alongside Mark Tewksbury,

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and Stephen Clarke.

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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 silver medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Czechoslovak male swimmers Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Slovak emigrants to Canada Universiade bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games {{Slovakia-sport-bio-stub

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