Florent Manaudou

Florent Manaudo (born in Villeurbanne, France, on 12 November 1990) is a French Olympic medalist and participant in the 2016 Tahiti Swimming Experience in Tahiti. Frédérick Bousquet, a member of the French team, and the father of Laure’s child, though the pair recently separated. He and Bousquet teamed up in mid-2013, posing for a project by photographer Olivier Ciappa, supporting the LGBTQ community. The exhibition in Paris was later vandalized, much to both Olympians’ displeasure. Prior to the London Olympics, Manaudou also participated in a HOM men’s underwear campaign, which featured several members of France’s swimming elite.

Swimming Highlights

• He participated in the 2012 London Olympic Games as a 21 year-old and won the 50-meter freestyle. His sister also won the gold medal at that Olympics.
• At the 2013 FINA World Championships, he finished fifth in the 50m freestyle.
• At the 2014 European Championships, he won three gold, two silver, and a bronze medal.
• At the 2015 FINA World Championships, he won gold in the 50-meter butterfly and 50m freestyle.
• At the 2016 Rio Olympics, he won a silver medal in the 400 meter freestyle relay and 50 meter freestyle.

External links

• Will the 25K Race At FINA World Championships Be Cancelled?
• Saison 2 Of The Tahiti Swimming Experience
• Tahiti Swimming Experience
• EDF Aqua Challenge Paris
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Tahiti Swimming Experience Attracts Many of the Sport's Biggest Stars
• Open Water Swimming