Olympic 4x100 m freestyle relay champion and multiple world swimming champion Jérémy Stravius ends his career six months before the Games, several media announced on Wednesday. Jérémy Stravius, 31, will not try to qualify for his 3rd Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer (July 24 - August 9), indicate the Courier Picard and Nice Matin .
"When I got out of the water (Monday), I knew it was my last (training)," said the swimmer, who had run out of results, to Courrier Picard . I have come to the end of the adventure and I am relieved to have made this decision. A decision that no one expected.
World champion tied with Lacourt
Stravius, a versatile swimmer, experienced his golden period in Amiens under the orders of Michel Chrétien, with whom he became a triple Olympic medalist: the silver in the 4x100 m freestyle in 2016 in Rio, the silver in the 4x200 m in London in 2012 and the 4x100m gold in 2012, a competition in which he only competed in the playoffs.
Jérémy Stravius had two great moments at the World Championships in the large basin: in 2013 he was the last runner in the 4x100 m freestyle and doubled Russia and the United States on the wire to win the gold medal. In 2011, he was crowned individual world champion in the 100 m backstroke with his compatriot Camille Lacourt.
Discreet personality, the Picard won a total of eight world medals (also gold in 4x100 m freestyle in 2015 and 4x100 m medley in 2013, silver 4x100 and 4x200 m freestyle in 2011 and 50 m backstroke in 2013, bronze on the 100m backstroke in 2013).
A particular story
“Behind this discretion, there is a lot of sensitivity and emotion. He is someone who is emotional and who contains his emotion. He is not very expressive and he does not want to boast. We always have the impression that he is behind but he is a winner, "said his coach Michel Chrétien of this champion with a difficult childhood, placed in a foster family.
“We are all built around a story. His is special. It must make sense of everything he does, ”explained his coach. Since September 2018, he had left Amiens to join Nice and the group of Fabrice Pellerin, who had led Yannick Agnel and Camille Muffat in particular to the Olympic summits, this time without success.
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