CLEMENT
SECCHI
JOURNEY
2000
Born in Aix en Provence on May 4.
I fell in love with the water on the marvelous beaches of Southern Corsica during the summer holidays.
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2014
First French Youth Championships. (Mulhouse)
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2018
February: First French Championships Elites (St. Raphael) - 3 C Finals.
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July : First national medals - Bronze and Silver at the French Summer Championships (Laval)
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September : Fuelled by challenges I chose to move to Canada. There, I joined the University of McGill and its faculty of Management Desautels in order to pursue world class management studies while levelling up my swimming. I trained under the guidance of head coach Peter Carpenter.
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2008
I started challenging myself with swimming when I was 8 years old.
My story began under the colors of my hometown club, the Pays d'Aix Natation. From the start, I am better at backstroke and butterfly.
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2014-2017
During these years of competitions I faced personal difficulties because of my late height growth. Until I was 18, I had to be patient, bounce back and work harder than others to perform.
However with relentlessness and passion I have kept on improving at a slow but steady pace.
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2020
February: USports Championships
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4 McGill University Records
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Double University Champion of Canada on 50 backstroke and 100 butterfly.
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National University Bronze Medalist (4x100NL)
June: I joined the Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille and followed my McGill University classes online.
December: French Elite Championships
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Vice French Champion in the 200 butterfly
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Finalist A: 50/100/200 butterfly (top 8)
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2019
February: First USports Championships
4 McGill University Records
Canadian university champion on 50 backstroke.
Double National University Bronze Medalist (100 butterfly, 4x200NL)
April: Canadian National Championships (Toronto)
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July: Mare Nostrum Monaco International Meeting, Canet, French Summer Championships
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December : French Short Course Championships
First Finals A (4)
Entry in the All time ranking (50back/50butterfly)
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2021
February-March: International meetings FFN GOLDEN TOUR stages NICE and MARSEILLE​
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A-finals,
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Four personal bests​
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1 club record (200 butterfly)
April: Meeting Aix-en-provence and St-Etienne, university semester validation, Draft International Swimming League registration
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May: Olympic Selections in Chartres:
- 3 A Finals (50/100/200 butterfly). It was a very difficult competition mentally with a lot of pressure. I ended up with poor results not up to my expectations and the work I had done during the season.
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August: I went back to Montreal for my last year of University.
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October : University Cup 1 and 2
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3 McGill University Records (200NL/Butterfly, 100Butterfly)
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2 RSEQ Records (100,200 butterfly)
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2x Competitive Swimmer
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December: French Championships in Montpellier: Vice French Champion in the 200m butterfly. 4th in the 100m butterfly.
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2022
March: USports Championships
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7 Records of McGill University / RSEQ
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2 Usport Records
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4x National University Champion of Canada on 50/100/200 butterfly and 4x100nl relay.
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Silver medalist National University (4x200NL)
April: French Championships
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French 100 butterfly champion
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Vice French Champion in the 200 butterfly
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Finalist A: 50 butterflies (top 8)
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1st Selection in the French Team for the World Championships and European Championships
June: World Championships in Budapest
August: European Championships in Rome
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2022 Continued
June: World Championships in Budapest:
I finished 23rd in the heats of the 100m butterfly for my first race under the the French team cap. It was a competition with a lot of learning, specifically in terms of managing my stress, my expectations and my emotions.
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July : Rossini Swim Cup (Pesaro, Italy): Two gold medals. Without the pressure, surfing on the World Championships shape, I swam the 100m butterfly twice with a faster time than in Budapest.
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August: European Championships in Rome ​
Today