A month later, she won four medals, including one gold, at that year's World Junior Championships, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In March 2015 Muffat was with a group of sports stars participating in the reality TV show "Dropped" in northwest Argentina. Camille Muffat started out primarily in individual medley but later turned to mid-distance freestyle races. Discussing Pellerin’s approach to coaching in April 2012, Muffat said: “Fabrice is hard on the girls. Du nom de cette nageuse française, née en 1989 à Nice, championne olympique du 400 mètres nage libre aux J.O. Later, at the 2008 European Short Course Championships, held in Rijeka, Muffat finished second in the 400-metre freestyle, bested by her countrywoman and former Olympic relay teammate, Coralie Balmy. They don’t like the girls going quicker. She was also the third French athlete overall to win three Olympic medals at a single edition of the Olympic Games. Camille Muffat, swimmer: born Nice 28 October 1989; Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur; died La Rioja, Argentina 9 March 2015. In December 2006, she attained her first international podium, at the European Short Course Championships in Helsinki, Finland. At the European Championships in Budapest, Muffat arrived as the favourite to take gold at the 200 m individual medley, declaring to the press that the gold medal is her objective in that event. Caffiéri family: Both he and his son Philippe Caffiéri (b. February 19, 1714, Paris—d. de Londres. A month later, at the 2010 World Short Course Championships in Dubai, Muffat would take her first world title, by winning the 200 m freestyle event, defeating Katie Hoff of the United States and Kylie Palmer of Australia. When I’m training, I notice that there are only one or two other girls who can do I what I do. Camille Muffat was born in France on October 28, 1989.French swimmer who won three Olympic medals at the 2012 London Olympics and was a multiple-time gold medalist at the European Championships. In early March 2015, Muffat travelled to Argentina to appear in a TV reality show starring a number of top French athletes. [10][11] Her funeral was held in a private ceremony in the Church of St. John the Baptist, in Nice, on 25 March, in a joint service with boxer Alexis Vastine, who died in the same accident. In so doing, she became the fourth French swimmer to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games. Muffat was the 200 IM gold medalist at the 2009 Mediterranean Games. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles. Muffat in London in 2012 with her 400 metres freestyle Olympic gold medal, Camille Muffat: Swimmer who won gold, silver and bronze medals for, Dramatic footage shows moment two aircraft collide, Muffat had gone on reality TV show for more 'exciting' challenge. Her retirement from swimming last July took the French public by surprise. At the end of the year, she had her first victory in senior competitions, by winning the 200-metre individual medley and taking bronze in the 400-metre individual medley event at the 2007 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. It makes the boys laugh. Camille Muffat (French pronunciation: ​[ka.mij myfa]; 28 October 1989 – 9 March 2015) was a French swimmer and three-time Olympic medalist. "They do your hair and your make-up." In April 2013, at the French Championships in Rennes, she won the 400 m freestyle event for a third consecutive time, while also winning the 100 m and 200 m freestyle events, which qualified her for all three events at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Melinda Shepherd received a B.A. "I was finally mature enough to become an Olympic champion," she said in 2013. "I didn't want to spend the rest of my life in a swimming pool." She died in the Villa Castelli helicopter collision, at age 25, during the filming of French TV reality show Dropped for the TF1 network. On the same day, the French 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team also finishes second in the final when Muffat, who was anchoring the French relay, got overtaken by another Hungarian swimmer, Evelyn Verrasztó. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica.