Pierre Henri (born 25 February 1983) is a French swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events. He represented his nation

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at the

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, and also claimed a silver medal in the 400 m individual medley at the 2001 European Junior Championships in

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(4:21.39). Henri is a member of Club Natation Canet 66 in

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, and is coached and trained by Philippe Lucas. Henri competed as a lone French swimmer in the men's 400 m individual medley at the

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. He topped the field with a time of 4:18.23 for an outright spot on the Olympic swimming team at the French Championships in

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, bettering the FINA A-standard (4:18.40) by just 0.17 of a second. Swimming in heat five, Henri came from the bottom of the field to power past the Greek swimmer

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by exactly a single second for the seventh spot in 4:22.41. Henri failed to advance to the top eight final, as he placed twenty-second overall in the prelims.

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* 1983 births Living people French male medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for France Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Quimper 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-swimming-bio-stub