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Jérémy DESPLANCHES
Sport Swimming
NOC Switzerland   
GenderMen
Born07 Aug 1994 in Geneva, SUI
Height1.89 m
 Human Interest 
Further Personal Information
Residence
 Martigues, FRA
Sport Specific Information
Club / Team
 Martigues Natation: France
Further Personal Information
Higher education
 Business Management, Commerce - School of Management and Communication of Geneva [ESM Geneve]: Switzerland
General Interest
Ambitions
 To win gold at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (illustre.ch, 04 Aug 2021)
Sport Specific Information
Name of coach
 Philippe Lucas [club], FRA
When and where did you begin this sport?
 He began swimming at age eight.
Further Personal Information
Occupation
 Athlete
Languages
 English, French
General Interest
Sporting philosophy / motto
 "Never lose, always learn." (swiss-swimming.ch, 2015)
Famous relatives
 His partner Charlotte Bonnet has competed in swimming for France and won a bronze medal in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. His older sister Anais has represented Switzerland in international swimming competitions. (letemps.ch, 07 May 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 08 May 2019; illustre.ch, 04 Jul 2018)
Further Personal Information
Family
 Partner Charlotte Bonnet
Sport Specific Information
Why this sport?
 He followed his older sister in joining a swim club. He was also involved in judo, inline skating, skateboarding and mountain biking at a young age. As a teenager his parents said he had to either focus on studies or swimming. "They told me, 'Either you devote yourself fully to your studies and you practise swimming as a hobby, or you devote yourself to swimming'. My mother doesn't like swimming and my grandmother was even afraid of the water. I liked swimming, but I preferred to go to the freestyle park. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do. But I had a lot of energy and just tried a lot of things that I liked."
General Interest
Awards and honours
 He was named 2019 Sportsman of the Year at the Geneva Sports Night in Switzerland. (Instagram profile, 20 Dec 2019)
Other information
 CHANGE OF COACH
After he won bronze in the 200m individual medley at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, he decided to begin working with coach Philippe Lucas in Martigues, France. He had trained under Fabrice Pellerin in Nice, France, since 2015. "It's time for me to write a new chapter in my career. I made the decision to leave Nice and my coach Fabrice Pellerin, who has been with me since 2015. He helped me achieve my dream: an Olympic medal. The prospect of the [2024] Olympics in Paris and the feeling of still being able to accomplish great things guided my choice to continue until 2024. I will now do everything to succeed in the last challenge of my life as a swimmer, the Paris Olympics." (Facebook page, 08 Sep 2021; 24heures.ch, 08 Sep 2021; arcinfo.ch, 12 Apr 2021; illustre.ch, 14 Oct 2019)
Nicknames
 Jech (FINA Facebook page, 12 Jun 2020)

 Competition Highlights
Olympic Games
Rank Year Venue Event Result
3 2021 Tokyo, JPN 200m Individual Medley 1:56.17
28 2021 Tokyo, JPN 100m Breaststroke 1:00.29
Semifinal 2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA 200m Individual Medley 2:00.38
Heats 2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA 400m Individual Medley 4:15.46
World Championships
Rank Year Venue Event Result
Heats 2023 Fukuoka, JPN 100m Breaststroke 1:00.95
14 2023 Fukuoka, JPN 200m Individual Medley 1:58.29
Heats 2022 Budapest, HUN 400m Individual Medley  DNS
Semifinal 2022 Budapest, HUN 200m Individual Medley 1:58.31
Heats 2022 Budapest, HUN 100m Breaststroke 1:01.24
2 2019 Gwangju, KOR 200m Individual Medley 1:56.56
Heats 2019 Gwangju, KOR 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay  
Heats 2019 Gwangju, KOR 4 x 100m Medley Relay  
8 2017 Budapest, HUN 200m Individual Medley 1:57.50 
Heats 2017 Budapest, HUN 400m Individual Medley 4:18.69
Heats 2015 Kazan, RUS 400m Individual Medley 4:17.90
Semifinal 2015 Kazan, RUS 200m Individual Medley 1:59.35
Heats 2015 Kazan, RUS 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay 7:17.99
World Championships Short Course
Rank Year Venue Event Result
13 2016 Windsor, ON, CAN 400m Individual Medley 4:09.38 
20 2016 Windsor, ON, CAN 100m Individual Medley 53.86 
Heats 2016 Windsor, ON, CAN 200m Individual Medley 1:55.51
30 2016 Windsor, ON, CAN 200m Backstroke 1:57.96 
Heats 2016 Windsor, ON, CAN 4 x 50m Medley Relay 1:43.76
Heats 2014 Doha, QAT 200m Freestyle 1:47.03
Heats 2014 Doha, QAT 400m Individual Medley 4:09.14
Heats 2014 Doha, QAT 200m Backstroke 1:58.54
Heats 2014 Doha, QAT 100m Individual Medley 53.74
Heats 2014 Doha, QAT 200m Individual Medley 1:56.31
European Championships
Rank Year Venue Event Result
4 2022 Rome, ITA 200m Individual Medley 1:58.89
4 2022 Rome, ITA 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay  
Heats 2022 Rome, ITA 4 x 100m Medley Relay 3:52.70
Heats 2021 Budapest, HUN 100m Breaststroke 1:01.08
2 2021 Budapest, HUN 200m Individual Medley 1:56.95
Heats 2021 Budapest, HUN 4 x 100m Medley Relay  
1 2018 Glasgow, SCO 200m Individual Medley 1:57.04
Heats 2018 Glasgow, SCO 400m Individual Medley 4:20.89
Heats 2016 London, ENG 200m Individual Medley 2:02.43
Heats 2016 London, ENG 400m Individual Medley 4:21.82
Heats 2016 London, ENG 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay  
Heats 2014 Berlin, GER 400m Individual Medley 4:22.56
Heats 2014 Berlin, GER 200m Breaststroke 2:14.47
Heats 2014 Berlin, GER 200m Individual Medley 2:02.53
World Cup
Rank Year Venue Event Result
8 2019 Berlin, GER 200m Backstroke 2:01.48
1 2019 Berlin, GER 200m Individual Medley 1:58.32
3 2019 Berlin, GER 400m Individual Medley 4:16.93
6 2014 Doha, QAT 400m Individual Medley 4:12.27
7 2014 Doha, QAT 200m Individual Medley 1:59.18
4 2014 Dubai, UAE 400m Individual Medley 4:10.64
6 2014 Dubai, UAE 200m Breaststroke 2:09.53
6 2014 Dubai, UAE 200m Individual Medley 1:59.06
3 2014 Dubai, UAE 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay 1:36.45
8 2013 Doha, QAT 400m Individual Medley 4:15.70
6 2013 Dubai, UAE 200m Individual Medley 2:00.40
7 2013 Dubai, UAE 400m Individual Medley 4:14.76