Lara Grangeon

Lara Grangeon

Lara Grangeon at the 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Netanya
Personal information
National team	France  New Caledonia
Born	September 21, 1991[1]
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	butterfly, individual medley
Club	Cercle des Nageurs Caledoniens
Medal record Women's Swimming Representing  France European Championships (SC) 2015 Netanya 200 m butterfly 2010 Eindhoven 200 m medley 2010 Eindhoven 400 m medley 2015 Netanya 400 m medley Mediterranean Games 2009 Pescara 4×200 m freestyle 2009 Pescara 400 m medley Representing  New Caledonia Pacific Games 2007 Apia 200 m freestyle 2007 Apia 400 m freestyle 2007 Apia 800 m freestyle 2007 Apia 200 m butterfly 2007 Apia 200 m medley 2007 Apia 400 m medley 2007 Apia 4×100 m freestyle 2007 Apia 4×200 m freestyle 2007 Apia 5 km open water 2011 Nouméa 100 m freestyle 2011 Nouméa 200 m freestyle 2011 Nouméa 400 m freestyle 2011 Nouméa 800 m freestyle 2011 Nouméa 50 m backstroke 2011 Nouméa 100 m backstroke 2011 Nouméa 200 m backstroke 2011 Nouméa 100 m breaststroke 2011 Nouméa 200 m breaststroke 2011 Nouméa 200 m butterfly 2011 Nouméa 200 m medley 2011 Nouméa 400 m medley 2011 Nouméa 4×100 m freestyle 2011 Nouméa 4×200 m freestyle 2011 Nouméa 4×100 m medley 2011 Nouméa 5 km open water 2015 Port Moresby 200 m freestyle 2015 Port Moresby 400 m freestyle 2015 Port Moresby 800 m freestyle 2015 Port Moresby 200 m breaststroke 2015 Port Moresby 100 m butterfly 2015 Port Moresby 200 m butterfly 2015 Port Moresby 200 m medley 2015 Port Moresby 400 m medley 2015 Port Moresby 4×100 m freestyle 2015 Port Moresby 4×200 m freestyle 2015 Port Moresby 4×100 m medley 2007 Apia 200 m backstroke 2011 Nouméa 50 m breaststroke 2011 Nouméa 50 m butterfly 2011 Nouméa 100 m butterfly 2007 Apia 200 m breaststroke 2011 Nouméa 50 m freestyle

Lara Grangeon is a French swimmer from the territory of New Caledonia who competes in the individual medley and butterfly events. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she finished 18th overall in the heats in the 400 metre individual medley and failed to reach the final.^[2]

Due to the New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, Grangeon competes for New Caledonia in regional (Pacific) competitions and for France in continental and global competitions. At the 2011 Pacific Games in Nouméa, New Caledonia, Grangeon entered all twenty women's events (including one open water event) and won a medal in all of them, including sixteen golds. At the 2007 and 2011 Games, Grangeon swam on several relay teams together with Diane Bui Duyet, who also represents both France and New Caledonia.

At the 2015 European Short Course Championships in Netanya, Israel, Grangeon broke the French record in the 400 meter individual medley with a time of 4:29.14.^[3] She won the bronze medal. Earlier in 2015 at the French Championships in Limoges, she had already broken the long course French record in this event.^[4] In 2016, she again broke the long-course record, with a time of 4:36.61 at the French Championships and Olympic trials in Montpellier.^[5]

References

1. "Lara Grangeon". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
3. Race, Loretta (December 2, 2015). "Lara Grangeon Downs French National Record In 400 IM In Israel". Swimswam. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
4. "Lara Grangeon Takes 400 IM National Record To Close French Nationals". Swimming World Magazine. 5 April 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
5. Lord, Craig (29 March 2016). "Lara Grangeon Sets French 400IM Mark At 4:36 But No Rio Cuts As French Trials Begin". Swimvortex. Retrieved 30 March 2016.