David Aubry
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| Nationality | French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 November 1996 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Montpellier Mediterranee Metropole UC Natation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Aubry (born 8 November 1996) is a French swimmer. He competes in short-course and long-course pool swimming as well as open water swimming.
Career
[edit]He competed in the open water Team event at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships, winning the bronze medal.[1]
He competed at his first World Championships in 2019 in Gwangju, South Korea. He won bronze in the men's 800 m freestyle.[2]
Following his success in 2019, he suffered from a shoulder injury which caused him to experience depression and a lack of motivation.[3]
He competed in the 400 and 800 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics but failed to progress beyond the heats in either distance. He also qualified to represent France in open water swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics but was one of two swimmers not to finish.[4]
He competed at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. He made the final of the 1500 metres freestyle.[5] He was second in the 800 and 1500 metres freestyle at 2023 European Short Course Championships.[6]
He won a second World Championship medal at the 2024 Doha edition. He was third in the 1500 metres freestyle by Daniel Wiffen and Florian Wellbrock.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ^ "Final Result" (PDF).
- ^ Val, Jerome (15 July 2023). "Swimming: David Aubry breaks the taboo of depression and recounts these four years when he "sank"". France Info.
- ^ "France Names 27 Swimmer Roster For 2021 European Swimming Championships". SwimSwam. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Final Result" (PDF).
- ^ "Results Book" (PDF).
- ^ "Final Result" (PDF).
External links
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- David Aubry at World Aquatics
- David Aubry at SwimRankings.net
- David Aubry at Olympedia
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- French male freestyle swimmers
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for France
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- Sportspeople from Saint-Germain-en-Laye
- Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- French swimming biography stubs