Christophe Kalfayan

Christophe Kalfayan
Personal information
Surname:	Christophe Kalfayan
Nation:	France
Swimming style (s) :	Freestyle
Society:	CN Antibes
Birthday:	May 26, 1969
Place of birth:	Antibes , Alpes-Maritimes
Size:	1.76 m
Weight:	71 kg
Medal table

Christophe Kalfayan (born May 26, 1969 in Antibes , Alpes-Maritimes department ) is a former French swimmer .

Life

Christophe Kalfayan celebrated his greatest sporting successes at the European Championships in Sheffield in 1993 and in Vienna in 1995 , where he won silver in the 50 m freestyle. Both times he had to admit defeat to Alexander Popov . At the European Championships in 1989 in Bonn , he had already won silver with the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and in 1991 in Athens with the layer relay.

At the Mediterranean Games in Athens in 1991 Kalfayan won the 100 m freestyle. In 1993 he was able to repeat this success at the Mediterranean Games held in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in Narbonne and add another gold medal over the 50 m distance.

Christophe Kalfayan took part in three Olympic Games , most recently in Atlanta in 1996 . He finished 1988 in Seoul and 1992 in Barcelona with the French 4 × 100-meter freestyle relay each fourth. He also just missed a medal in fourth place in the 50 m individual race in Barcelona, ​​at the same time as Peter Williams, who started for South Africa in 22.50 seconds.

Christophe Kalfayan started in his active time, as did Franck Esposito , for the swimming club CN Antibes.

Web links

• Christophe Kalfayan in the database of Olympedia.org (English)
• Christophe Kalfayan in the Swimrankings.net database (English)