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Nationality | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Amiens |
December 22, 1992 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Amiens Métropole Natation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mélanie Henique (born 22 December 1992) is a French swimmer who won a bronze medal in 50 m butterfly at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai.
In 2014, she was 55th on Brigitte Fouré's list for the municipal elections in Amiens.
In 2015, being openly lesbian, she was a victim of a homophobic attack in Amiens, suffering from a broken nose and forcing her to withdraw from the French Swimming Open.