Sylvie Fréchette
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Synchronized Swimming | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1992 Barcelona | Solo | |
| Silver | 1996 Atlanta | Team | |
| Pan American Games | |||
| Silver | 1987 Indianapolis | Solo | |
Sylvie Fréchette (born June 27, 1967 in Montreal, Quebec) is a retired Canadian synchronized swimmer, who won a gold medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics and a silver in the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 1999, she was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. She has also contributed as a swimmer, designer, and coach to the synchronized-swimming portions of Cirque du Soleil's "O," which opened at the Bellagio hotel, in Las Vegas, in 1998.
[edit] External links
- CBC radio interview
- 1992 CBC television interview
- Women in Sport biography
- Sylvie Frechette - Patron Saint Of Patience And Vision
- On the Bright Side
Categories: 1967 births | Living people | Olympic gold medalists for Canada | Olympic silver medalists for Canada | Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductees | Meritorious Service Decoration (Canada) | People from Montreal | Olympic synchronized swimmers of Canada | Quebec sportspeople | Canadian synchronized swimmers | Synchronized swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics | Synchronized swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics | People from Quebec stubs | Canadian Olympic medalist stubs | Canadian swimming biography stubs

