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Retired French swimmer Camille Muffat is reported to have died in a helicopter crash while filming a reality TV show in Argentina.
Muffat is a three-time Olympic medalist and former World Record holder. She held both the 400 SCM freestyle and 800 SCM freestyle World Records from November of 2012 to August of 2013.
As a two-time French Olympian in 2008 and 2012, she appeared in multiple Olympic finals. Her highest finish at the 2008 Beijing Olympics was fifth as a member of the women’s 4×200 freestyle relay. In the 2012 London Olympics, she won a gold medal in the women’s 400 freestyle, setting a new Olympic record in the process. She earned a silver medal in the women’s 200 meter freestyle, and a bronze medal as a member of the women’s 4×200 freestyle relay. She was also the third Frenchwoman in history to earn 3 medals in a summer or winter Olympic Games. Outside of the pool, she was named the 2012 French Sportswoman of the Year.
Muffat was to be on the cast of the French version of the Swedish reality TV show, “Dropped,” in which two teams of celebrities –in this case, elite athletes– are dropped in difficult terrain where the challenge is to find civilization. The first team to reach a power source and call the base wins; the other team must vote a team member off.

Muffat, two other French sports figures, five members of the production staff, and the two Argentine pilots are reported to have died when the two helicopters collided in mid-air.
Muffat retired in the summer of 2014, somewhat abruptly, at only 24-years old.
The death of Muffat, along with boxer Alexis Vastine, and sailor Florence Arthaud has been confirmed by local officials, according to French news site 20minutes, among others. Muffat’s fellow French Olympic swimmer, Alain Bernard, was also a part of the show, but has been confirmed to be alive by both his agent and his mother.

The Argentine site, La Rioja es Noticia, released the list of names of those who perished in the crash:

Juan Carlos Castillo, helicopter pilot
Roberto Abate, helicopter pilot,
Laurent Sbasnik, filming
Lucier Mei-Dalby, filming
Volodia Guinard, filming
Brice Guilbert, art direction
Edouard Gilles, sound
Camille Muffat, Olympic swimmer
Alexis Vastine, Olympic boxer
Florence Arhaud, champion sailor

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Muffat’s fellow French Olympic swimmer, Alain Bernard, was also a part of the show, but has been confirmed to be alive by both his agent and his mother.

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Op dinsdag 10 maart 2015 08:06 schreef komrad het volgende:
10 doden in totaal en zoals ik het lees iedereen in de heli's overleden de genoemde overlevers deden dus wel aan het programma mee maar zaten niet in de helikopters.

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De olympisch kampioen op de 100 meter vrije slag van Peking 2008, die tijdens zijn loopbaan 90 kilogram woog, zat gisteren al in één van de twee toestellen die korte tijd later zouden verongelukken. Omdat de helikopter met de 32-jarige Bernard aan boord te zwaar beladen was, moest hij op last van de piloot kort voor het opstijgen uitstappen. Kort voordat hij in een derde toestel stapte, zag hij de twee andere helikopters verongelukken.

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Op dinsdag 10 maart 2015 12:20 schreef Marcoss het volgende:

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Op dinsdag 10 maart 2015 12:20 schreef Marcoss het volgende:

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Op dinsdag 10 maart 2015 07:40 schreef Szura het volgende:
Naast Bernard zouden ook Longo en Wiltord het hebben overleefd:

http://m.ad.nl/ad/m/nl/10(...)elikoptercrash.dhtml

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Op dinsdag 10 maart 2015 12:19 schreef Leatherface het volgende:
Sjeez... Alsof tegelijkertijd de Nederlandse sport Marleen Veldhuis, Roy Heiner en Lucia De Rijker verliest. Zie het in die orde.

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Op dinsdag 10 maart 2015 13:06 schreef Mark het volgende:

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Maar wie is de zure tang die we in de rol van Longo kunnen plaatsen?

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Op dinsdag 10 maart 2015 12:19 schreef Leatherface het volgende:
Sjeez... Alsof tegelijkertijd de Nederlandse sport Marleen Veldhuis, Roy Heiner en Lucia De Rijker verliest. Zie het in die orde.

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Op dinsdag 10 maart 2015 13:32 schreef Nober het volgende:
Wiltord was er ook bij.

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Veldhuis won nooit goud en zilver individueel. Arnold Vanderleyde won net als Vastine brons bij het boksen.

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Op dinsdag 10 maart 2015 15:03 schreef Ericr het volgende:
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