Coralie Balmy is a freestyle

Freestyle swimming

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 swimmer from France

France

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, who was born in Martinique

Martinique

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 (France

France

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). She won her first senior title at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven in the 4×200 relay freestyle. At the same Championships she won the silver medal in the 400 m freestyle with the time of 4:04.15, all-time fourth fastest behind Federica Pellegrini's

Federica Pellegrini

Federica Pellegrini is an Italian swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the province of Venice, she is currently the women's 200 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle world record holder...

 world record.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

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 in Beijing

Beijing

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, she finished fourth in the 400 m freestyle final. On December 6, 2008 she set the world record for the 200 m Free (SC) at the French National Championships in Angers, France in a time of 1:53.16.

• Achievements
• 2007: SC European Championships
  European Short Course Swimming Championships 2007
  The European Short Course Swimming Championships 2007 was the fifteenth edition of the European Short Course Swimming Championships, held in Debrecen, Hungary between 13–16 December...
  
  
• 3rd 200 m freestyle (1:54.43)
• 2008: LC European Championships
• 1st 4×200 m freestyle (7:52.09)
• 2nd 400 m freestyle (4:04.15)