Marcel Gery

{{short description|Czech and Canadian swimmer}}

{{Infobox swimmer

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| strokes = Butterfly

| club = North York Aquatic Club

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|3|15|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Smolenice, Trnava, Czechoslovakia

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| height = {{convert|1.91|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|84|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | Czechoslovakia}}

{{MedalCompetition|Friendship Games}}

{{MedalBronze|1984 Moscow|100 metre butterfly}}

{{MedalBronze|1984 Moscow|200 metre butterfly}}

{{MedalBronze|1984 Moscow|4×100 m freestyle relay}}

{{MedalBronze|1984 Moscow|4×200 m freestyle relay}}

{{MedalBronze|1984 Moscow|4×100 m medley relay}}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships (LC)}}

{{MedalBronze | 1985 Sofia | 100 m butterfly}}

{{MedalCompetition | Universiade}}

{{MedalBronze | 1985 Kobe| 200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCountry | Canada}}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze | 1992 Barcelona | 4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalCompetition | Pan Pacific Championships}}

{{MedalSilver | 1991 Edmonton | 100 m butterfly}}

{{MedalSilver | 1991 Edmonton | 4x100 m medley}}

{{MedalBronze | 1987 Brisbane | 200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze | 1991 Edmonton | 4x100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1990 Auckland | 4x100 m medley}}

{{MedalSilver | 1990 Auckland | 100m butterfly}}

{{MedalBronze | 1990 Auckland | 4x100 m freestyle}}

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Marcel Gery (in Czech and Slovak Marcel Géry; born March 15, 1965) is a former butterfly swimmer, who was born in Czechoslovakia and competed for the Czechoslovak national team in international competitions.

At the 1985 Summer Universiade, Gery won a bronze medal in the 200-metre freestyle.[http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in history] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010202854/http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf|date=2014-10-10}}

He later emigrated to Canada and competed for the Canadian national team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he won bronze medal with the men's 4×100-metres medley relay team, alongside Mark Tewksbury, Jonathan Cleveland and Stephen Clarke.{{cite Sports-Reference}}

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