Nicole Zahnd, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Olympic swimmer
Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1980
Place of Birth: Bern, canton of Bern, Switzerland
Profession: swimmer
Nationality: Switzerland
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Nicole Zahnd
- Nicole Zahnd (born 22 September 1980) is a retired Swiss swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.
- She was born in Bern.
- She is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2004), and a top 8 finalist in the 200 m freestyle at the 2001 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.
- Zahnd played for two swimming clubs in Geneva, before she trained under head coach Dirk Reinecke as part of the Swiss national team.
- Zahnd is also the wife of former medley swimmer and two-time Olympian Yves Platel (2000 and 2004).Zahnd made her own swimming history, as a 16-year-old, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, finishing seventeenth as part of the Swiss relay team in the 4×100 m freestyle (3:53.30), and sixteenth in the 4×200 m freestyle (8:21.55).After an eight-year absence, Zahnd competed in all relays from the swimming program at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
- On the first day of the Games, Zahnd teamed up with Dominique Diezi, Marjorie Sagne, and 16-year-old Seraina Prünte in the 4×100 m freestyle relay.
- Swimming the anchor leg, Zahnd recorded a split of 56.50, the fastest in Swiss history, and her team finished the race in seventh place and fifteenth overall in a final time of 3:48.61.
- Four days later, in the 4×200 m freestyle relay, Zahnd placed twelfth, along with Chantal Strasser, Hanna Miluska, and Flavia Rigamonti, in 8:10.41.
- In her final event, 4×100 m medley relay, Zahnd swam the anchor freestyle leg, with Diezi (backstroke), Carmela Schlegel (breaststroke), and Carla Stampfli (butterfly), to pull off another fifteenth-place effort for the Swiss team in a time of 4:15.54.
- In the race, Zahnd lowered her personal best to 56.07 seconds.
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