David Aubry
{{short description|French swimmer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name = David Aubry
| image = EDF aqua challenge Paris 2018 - 10.jpg
| nationality = French
| strokes = Freestyle
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|11|8|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
| height =
| weight =
| club = Montpellier Mediterranee Metropole UC Natation
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry|{{FRA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships (LC)}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Gwangju|800 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Doha|1500 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships (LC)}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Glasgow|Open water team}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships (SC)}}
{{MedalSilver|2023 Otopeni|800 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2023 Otopeni|1500 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Glasgow|1500 m freestyle}}
}}
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
He competed in the open water Team event at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships, winning the bronze medal.{{Cite web |title=Final results |url=http://glasgow2018.microplustiming.com/export/OW_GLASGOW2018/OW/pdf/OWSX5KMTEAM3----------FNL-000100--_73BL%201.1.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811200201/http://glasgow2018.microplustiming.com/export/OW_GLASGOW2018/OW/pdf/OWSX5KMTEAM3----------FNL-000100--_73BL%201.1.pdf |archive-date=2018-08-11 |access-date=2018-08-13}}
He competed at his first World Championships in 2019 in Gwangju, South Korea. He won bronze in the men's 800 m freestyle.{{Cite web |title=Final Result |url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070101F104FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf}}
Following his success in 2019, he suffered from a shoulder injury which caused him to experience depression and a lack of motivation.{{Cite web |last=Val |first=Jerome |date=15 July 2023 |title=Swimming: David Aubry breaks the taboo of depression and recounts these four years when he "sank" |url=https://www-francetvinfo-fr.translate.goog/sports/natation/natation-david-aubry-brise-le-tabou-de-la-depression-et-raconte-ces-quatre-ans-ou-il-a-sombre_5889952.html?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc |publisher=France Info}}
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.{{Cite web |date=2021-03-24 |title=France Names 27 Swimmer Roster For 2021 European Swimming Championships |url=https://swimswam.com/france-names-27-swimmer-roster-for-2021-european-swimming-championships/ |access-date=2021-04-11 |website=SwimSwam |language=en-US}}
He competed at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. He made the final of the 1500 metres freestyle.{{Cite web |title=Final Result |url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010101F30104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf}} He was second in the 800 and 1500 metres freestyle at 2023 European Short Course Championships.{{Cite web |title=Results Book |url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001160009FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF22.pdf}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Final Result |url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000101F30104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf}}
References
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Category:French male freestyle swimmers
Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic swimmers for France
Category:21st-century French sportsmen
Category:Sportspeople from Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Category:Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
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