Mehdy Metella
{{Short description|French swimmer (born 1992)}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Mehdy Metella
| image = Kazan 2015 - Mehdy Metella 100m butterfly semi.JPG
| alt =
| caption = Metella in Kazan, Russia 2015
| national_team = France
| strokes = Freestyle, butterfly
| club =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|7|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Cayenne, French Guiana, France
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = 1.91 m
| weight = 95 kg
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships (LC)}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Kazan|4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2015 Kazan|4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalBronze|2017 Budapest|100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Gwangju|4×100 m mixed freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships (SC)}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Doha|4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Doha|4×50 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Windsor|4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2014 Doha|4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition|European championships (LC)}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Berlin|4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Glasgow|4×100 m mixed freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Berlin|4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 London|4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Glasgow|100 m butterfly}}
{{MedalBronze|2016 London|100 m butterfly}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Glasgow|100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|European championships (SC)}}
{{MedalGold|2012 Chartres|4×50 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold|2012 Chartres|4×50 m mixed freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2012 Chartres|100 m butterfly}}
}}
Mehdy Metella (born 17 July 1992) is a French freestyle and butterfly swimmer.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110502221651/http://www.lequipe.fr/Natation/AussiFicheAthlete11000000000025114.html Mehdy Metella]. lequipe.fr He was part of the freestyle and medley {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} teams that won a gold and a silver medal at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships and gold and bronze at the 2015 World Championship. In both cases, he swam the butterfly leg in the medley relay.
He also won multiple medals in the World and European Short Course swimming events.
He is the French record holder of the 100m butterfly long course, with a time of 51.06. In the French swimming championships in Rennes he broke his own national record in the 100 m butterfly with a time of 50s85’’.
Personal life
He is the younger brother of Malia Metella, an Olympic and World championship medallist.
References
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{{Footer World LC Champions 4x100m Freestyle Men}}
{{Footer World SC Champions 4x100m Freestyle Men}}
{{Footer European Champions 4x100m Mixed Freestyle|2018}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions Swimming 100m Freestyle Boys}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Cayenne
Category:French Guianan male swimmers
Category:French male freestyle swimmers
Category:French male butterfly swimmers
Category:Olympic swimmers for France
Category:Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Category:Swimmers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists for France
Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists in swimming
Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:Youth Olympic gold medalists for France