Mehdy Metella

Mehdy Metella (born 17 July 1992) is a French freestyle and butterfly swimmer.^[1] He was part of the freestyle and medley 4 × 100 m teams that won a gold and a silver medal at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships and gold and bronze at the 2015 World Championship. In both cases, he swam the butterfly leg in the medley relay.

Mehdy Metella

Metella in Kazan, Russia 2015
Personal information
National team	France
Born	(1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 (age 33) Cayenne, French Guiana, France
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, butterfly
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2015 Kazan 4×100 m freestyle 2015 Kazan 4×100 m medley 2017 Budapest 100 m freestyle 2019 Gwangju 4×100 m mixed freestyle World Championships (SC) 2014 Doha 4×100 m freestyle 2014 Doha 4×50 m medley 2016 Windsor 4×100 m freestyle 2014 Doha 4×100 m medley European championships (LC) 2014 Berlin 4×100 m freestyle 2018 Glasgow 4×100 m mixed freestyle 2014 Berlin 4×100 m medley 2016 London 4×100 m medley 2018 Glasgow 100 m butterfly 2016 London 100 m butterfly 2018 Glasgow 100 m freestyle European championships (SC) 2012 Chartres 4×50 m freestyle 2012 Chartres 4×50 m mixed freestyle 2012 Chartres 100 m butterfly

He also won multiple medals in the World and European Short Course swimming events.

He is the French record holder of the 100m butterfly long course, with a time of 51.06. In the French swimming championships in Rennes he broke his own national record in the 100 m butterfly with a time of 50s85’’.

Personal life

He is the younger brother of Malia Metella, an Olympic and World championship medallist.