FABRE Margaux

France

Swimming

Date of Birth: 2 Oct 1992

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Place of birth: PERPIGNAN

Birth Country:

France

Place of residence : MONTPELLIER

Residence Country:

France

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay FRA France
	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay FRA France	8

Schedule

Change

Location	Event	Status
Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Heat 1	Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Heat 1	Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	4x200Free
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	H (7:55.55)

World Championships

Year	Location	4x100Free X	4x200Free
2015	Kazan, RUS	H (3:28.29)	8th (7:55.98)

European Championships

Year	Location	200Free	4x100Free W	4x100Free X	4x200Free
2020	Budapest, HUN	-	-	-	4th
2018	Glasgow, GBR	SF (1:59.66)	1st (3:34.65)	1st	4th (7:53.86)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Nickname:

Marg (Facebook profile, 02 Sep 2018)

Hobbies:

Skiing. (Instagram profile, 21 Dec 2018)

Occupation:

Athlete, Lifeguard

Education:

Coaching - University of Montpellier, France

Languages spoken:

French

Club name:

Canet Natation 66 [FRA] / Aqualove Sauvetage Montpellier [FRA]

Coach:

Cyrille Gualbert [Canet]; Raphael Raymond [personal], FRA

Other sports:

She has represented France at the lifesaving world championships, and won gold in the surf race event at the 2016 edition of the tournament in the Netherlands. (SportsDeskOnline, 26 Oct 2020)

Injuries:

A scooter accident in 2011 resulted in a quadruple fracture in her left foot. (ffnatation.fr, 08 Aug 2019)

In early 2010 she suffered brain trauma, a broken collarbone, two broken ribs, and a collapsed lung in a skiing accident. She had to undergo surgery on her collarbone, and was out of competition for two years. (defigrandesecoles.lexpress.fr, 04 Jan 2018; sports.fr, 03 Feb 2010)

Reason:

Her father was a lifeguard, so she spent a lot of time at swimming pools when she was small. "I tried a number of sports before I discovered that being in the water was where I was in my element." (Instagram profile, 21 Dec 2018)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Outside of sport, she would like to become a firefighter once her competitive career is over. (defigrandesecoles.lexpress.fr, 04 Jan 2018)

Memorable:

Competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (defigrandesecoles.lexpress.fr, 04 Jan 2018)

Award:

In 2019 she was named Surf Lifesaver of the Year by the Coureurs d'Ecume Association in France. (coureurs-dcume.com, 28 Dec 2019)

General Interest

General
SURF LIFESAVING
She got involved in surf lifesaving through coach Raphael Raymond, and the sport helped her when she was recovering from injuries that affected her swimming. "The only way to train with him was to enrol myself in surf lifesaving. I like both swimming and surf lifesaving, they are two different environments. At the beginning I did not know about lifesaving but Raymond wanted me to do it. It's fun, but it is harder than swimming. Surf lifesaving gave me back the will to focus on swimming and also allowed me to improve technically, especially in the turns. Mentally, surf lifesaving does me good. I can relax my mind, think about something else. I would like to continue doing surf lifesaving after I retire from swimming." (ffnatation.fr, 08 Aug 2019; Facebook page, 16 May 2018; defigrandesecoles.lexpress.fr, 04 Jan 2018; ladepeche.fr, 03 Jun 2015)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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