Mélanie Henique

Mélanie Henique

Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(1992-12-22) 22 December 1992 (age 32) Amiens, France
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly
Club	Amiens Métropole Natation
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  France World Championships (LC) 2022 Budapest 50 m butterfly 2024 Doha 50 m butterfly 2011 Shanghai 50 m butterfly World Championships (SC) 2022 Melbourne 4×50 m mixed freestyle 2014 Doha 4×50 m medley European Championships (LC) 2020 Budapest 50 m butterfly 2010 Budapest 50 m butterfly European Championships (SC) 2012 Chartres 4×50 m mixed medley 2019 Glasgow 50 m butterfly 2019 Glasgow 4×50 m freestyle 2019 Glasgow 50 m freestyle 2012 Chartres 50 m butterfly 2012 Chartres 4×50 m medley 2017 Copenhagen 4×50 m medley 2017 Copenhagen 4×50 m mixed medley 2019 Glasgow 4×50 m mixed freestyle Mediterranean Games 2009 Pescara 50 m butterfly World Junior Championships 2008 Monterrey 50 m butterfly

Mélanie Henique (born 22 December 1992) is a French competitive swimmer. She won a bronze medal in the 50 metre butterfly at the 2011 World Championships and a silver medal in the 50 metre butterfly at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships.

Career

At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, held in Shanghai, China, Henique achieved a time of 25.86 seconds in the final of the 50 metre butterfly and won the bronze medal, finishing 0.15 seconds behind gold medalist Inge Dekker of the Netherlands.^[1]

Henique qualified to represent France at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[2] At the Olympic Games, held in Tokyo, Japan in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she tied Simone Manuel of the United States for eleventh place in the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 24.63 seconds.^[3]

At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, held at Danube Arena in Budapest, Hungary, Henique won the silver medal in the 50 metre butterfly with a time of 25.31 seconds, finishing less than four-tenths of a second behind gold medalist Sarah Sjöström of Sweden and one-hundredth of a second ahead of bronze medalist Zhang Yufei of China (also in 2024 but wins the mixed freestyle relay in 2022).^[4][5][6]

Personal life

In 2014, she was 55th on Brigitte Fouré's list for the municipal elections in Amiens.^[7]

In 2015, being openly lesbian, she was a victim of a homophobic attack in Amiens, suffering from a broken nose and forcing her to withdraw from the French Swimming Open.^[8]

References

1. "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50m Butterfly (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
2. "France Names 27 Swimmer Roster For 2021 European Swimming Championships". SwimSwam. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
3. "2020 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming: Women's 50m Freestyle". ESPN. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
4. FINA (24 June 2022) (also in 2024 but wins the mixed freestyle relay in 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 50m Butterfly Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
5. Bruna, Eric (24 June 2022). "Elle est belle l'histoire : Mélanie Hénique savoure sa médaille d'argent aux Mondiaux de natation" (in French). Le Parisien. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
6. "Mondiaux de natation : Mélanie Henique s'offre l'argent derrière l'intouchable Sarah Sjostrom" (in French). Le Figaro. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
7. "Amiens Municipal Elections: Brigitte Fouré's list is Revealed" (in French). Courrier Picard. 1 February 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
8. Wee, Darren (7 July 2015). "France swimmer suffers broken nose in anti-gay attack". Gay Star News. Retrieved 11 August 2016.

External links

• Mélanie Henique at World Aquatics
• Mélanie Henique at SwimRankings.net
• Mélanie Henique at the International Swimming League
• Mélanie Henique at Olympics.com
• Mélanie Henique at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French)

Records
Preceded by Shinri Shioura, Sayaka Akase, Kenta Ito, Kanako Watanabe	Mixed 4 × 50 metres freestyle relay world record-holder 21 October 2013 – 10 November 2013 With: Florent Manaudou, Jérémy Stravius, Anna Santamans	Succeeded by Tommaso D'Orsogna, Regan Leong, Bronte Campbell, Cate Campbell