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Swiss swimmer (born 1977) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dominique Lorraine Diezi (born 14 July 1977) is a Swiss former swimmer who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] She is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2004), a 32-time Swiss national champion, a multiple-time record holder in sprint freestyle (50 and 100 m), and a member of Switzerland's national swimming team (1992–2004). She also earned multiple All-American honors while studying in the United States.[2]
Personal information | |
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Full name | Dominique Lorraine Diezi |
National team | Switzerland |
Born | Zurich, Switzerland | 14 July 1977
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Club | SC Uster Wallisellen |
College team | Northwestern University (U.S.) |
Diezi made her first Swiss team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where she finished thirty-second overall in the 50 m freestyle. She edged out Panama's Eileen Coparropa to lead the third heat by a tenth of a second (0.10) in 26.57.[3] As a member of the Swiss relay team, she also placed seventeenth in the 4×100 m freestyle (3:53.30), and sixteenth in the 4×200 m freestyle (8:21.55).[4][5]
Diezi sought her comeback at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens after an 8-year absence. She qualified again for three events by clearing a FINA B-cut of 57.30 (100 m freestyle) from the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.[6][7] In the 100 m freestyle, Diezi topped the third heat with her personal best of 56.67, but shared a twenty-sixth place tie with Slovenia's Sara Isaković from the preliminaries.[8][9] She also helped out the Swiss team to pull off a fifteenth-place effort each in the 4×100 m freestyle (3:48.61),[10][11] and in the 4×100 m medley (4:15.54).[12][13]
Diezi was also a varsity swimmer for the Northwestern Wildcats and an assistant coach SMU Mustangs respectively. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics and international studies at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois (2001), and a master's degree in education at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas (2010).[2][14]
In 2011, Diezi was named women's assistant coach for the Yale Bulldogs swimming and diving team at Yale University.[2]
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