Camille Muffat, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Camille Muffat

French swimmer

Date of Birth: 28-Oct-1989

Place of Birth: Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Date of Death: 09-Mar-2015

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Camille Muffat

  • Camille Muffat (French pronunciation: ?[ka.mij myfa]; 28 October 1989 – 9 March 2015) was a French swimmer and three-time Olympic medalist.
  • Swimming for the Olympic Nice Natation club, she specialised in the individual medley and the free style events.
  • Her career ran from 2005 to 2014. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she won gold in the 400-meter freestyle, silver in the 200-meter freestyle and bronze in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay.
  • In so doing, she became the fourth French swimmer to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games.
  • She was also the third French athlete overall to win three Olympic medals at a single edition of the Olympic Games. She died in the Villa Castelli helicopter collision, at age 25, during the filming of French TV reality show Dropped for the TF1 network.

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