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.

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