Dominique Diezi

Dominique Diezi
Personal information
Full nameDominique Lorraine Diezi
National team Switzerland
Born (1977-07-14) 14 July 1977 (age 47)
Zurich, Switzerland
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubSC Uster Wallisellen
College teamNorthwestern University (U.S.)

Dominique Lorraine Diezi (born 14 July 1977) is a Swiss former swimmer who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] She is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2004), a 32-time Swiss national champion, a multiple-time record holder in sprint freestyle (50 and 100 m), and a member of Switzerland's national swimming team (1992–2004). She also earned multiple All-American honors while studying in the United States.[2]

Diezi made her first Swiss team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where she finished thirty-second overall in the 50 m freestyle. She edged out Panama's Eileen Coparropa to lead the third heat by a tenth of a second (0.10) in 26.57.[3] As a member of the Swiss relay team, she also placed seventeenth in the 4×100 m freestyle (3:53.30), and sixteenth in the 4×200 m freestyle (8:21.55).[4][5]

Diezi sought her comeback at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens after an 8-year absence. She qualified again for three events by clearing a FINA B-cut of 57.30 (100 m freestyle) from the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.[6][7] In the 100 m freestyle, Diezi topped the third heat with her personal best of 56.67, but shared a twenty-sixth place tie with Slovenia's Sara Isaković from the preliminaries.[8][9] She also helped out the Swiss team to pull off a fifteenth-place effort each in the 4×100 m freestyle (3:48.61),[10][11] and in the 4×100 m medley (4:15.54).[12][13]

Diezi was also a varsity swimmer for the Northwestern Wildcats and an assistant coach SMU Mustangs respectively. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics and international studies at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois (2001), and a master's degree in education at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas (2010).[2][14]

In 2011, Diezi was named women's assistant coach for the Yale Bulldogs swimming and diving team at Yale University.[2]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dominique Diezi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Former Olympian Dominique Diezi O'Brien Joins Yale Staff". Swimming World Magazine. 13 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 3" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Heat 2" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 51. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 1" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 52. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  7. ^ "2003 FINA World Championships (Barcelona, Spain) – Women's 100m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  9. ^ Thomas, Stephen (18 August 2004). "Women's 100 Freestyle Prelims, Day 5: Inky Leads the Pack with a Swift 54.43". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  10. ^ "Women's 4×100m Freestyle Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  11. ^ Thomas, Stephen (14 August 2004). "Women's 400 Freestyle Relay Prelims: Aussie Women Qualify Fastest Ahead of Team USA; Germans and Dutch in the Mix". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  12. ^ "Women's 4×100m Medley Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  13. ^ Thomas, Stephen (20 August 2004). "Women's 400 Medley Relay, Prelims Day 7: Aussies Qualify Ahead of USA in Two-Way Battle for Gold". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  14. ^ Liechti, Lorenz (4 October 2006). "Rücktritt von Dominique Diezi" [Dominique Diezi resigned] (in German). Swiss Swimming Federation. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.