Florent Manaudou
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| Nationality |  France | ||||||||||||||
| Born | November 12, 1990 Villeurbanne | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 99 kg (218 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | CN Marseille | ||||||||||||||
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Florent Manaudou (born November 12, 1990 in Villeurbanne) is a French-Dutch swimmer who specializes in butterfly and freestyle events. He is the Olympic champion of the 50-meter freestyle at the 2012 London Olympics in London. He is the son of a French father and a Dutch mother and the younger brother of Laure Manaudou, also an Olympic gold medalist.
He first began swimming under the direction of his older brother, Nicholas Manaudou, and later joined the swimming club of Marseilles, France. He was the Junior Champion of the 50-meter free style event in France in 2007. In 2009, he joined the French Army and is currently in an artillery regiment.
He and his sister Laure are the first siblings to both win Olympic gold medals in swimming. In addition to swimming, he is known for his dimples, his pierced tongue, and tribal tattoo.
Despite entering 2012 London Olympics with only the 10th fastest time in the world that year, Manaudou won the gold medal in the men's 50-meter freestyle, becoming the first Frenchman to do so in the event. Swimming out of lane 7, Manaudou had a time of 21.34 and defeated race favorite César Cielo. Going into the final, Manaudou recorded a time of 22.09 in the heats and 21.80 in the semifinals.
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