Frédérick Bousquet
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| Nationality |  France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 April 1981 Perpignan, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CN Marseille | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Auburn Tigers (2001–2005) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Frédérick Bousquet (French pronunciation: [fʁe.de.ʁik bu.skɛ], born 8 April 1981 in Perpignan) is a retired freestyle and butterfly swimmer from France. He was the holder of the world record in the 50 m freestyle in a time of 20.94 in long course, set on 26 April 2009 at the final of the French Championships. Since the record was swum in a banned, performance-enhancing suit it remained in limbo whether the record stood until FINA approved it in July following a modification of his suit.[1] He is the first swimmer to go under the 21-second mark in this distance. He also held the world record in the 50 meter freestyle short course in a time of 21.10, set in 2004 at the Men's NCAA Division One Swimming and Diving Championships, for over two years. At the 2009 World Championships in Rome Bousquet captured a silver medal in the 50 meter freestyle and a bronze in the 100 meter freestyle.
Biography
[edit]Bousquet swam at Auburn University in the U.S. from 2001 to 2005. In 2005, his senior year and final year of competition, he won the 50-yard freestyle in NCAA and U.S. Open record time of 18.74, breaking the previous record of 19.05 set by Tom Jager in 1990. Bousquet is the first man to swim the 50-yard freestyle in under 19 seconds, and under 21 in the LC 50-meter freestyle–he has since been joined by his former Auburn training partner César Cielo. That time of 18.74 seconds was his personal best in the 50-yard freestyle until 13 February 2010 when he swam the then fourth-fastest time in history, turning in a time of 18.67 seconds at the Auburn Masters Invitational.
In April 2010, fellow world-class swimmer Laure Manaudou gave birth to her and Bousquet's daughter Manon.[2] The couple has separated since then. Bousquet was given a two-month suspension in October 2010 after returning a positive test for heptaminol from the use of an over-the-counter ointment.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ FINA OKs Frederick Bousquet's world record time in 50 free. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ "Laure Manaudou and Frederick Bousquet Welcome Baby Girl, Named Manon". Swimming World. 6 April 2010. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2010 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "France swimmer Bousquet suspended in doping scandal". France 24. 20 October 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Frédérick Bousquet at World Aquatics
- Frédérick Bousquet at SwimRankings.net
- Frédérick Bousquet at Olympics.com
- Frédérick Bousquet at Olympedia
- Frédérick Bousquet at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French)
- Frédérick Bousquet at Team France (in French)
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Perpignan
- French male butterfly swimmers
- French male freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for France
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Auburn Tigers men's swimmers
- French expatriate swimmers in the United States
- World record setters in swimming
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Doping cases in swimming
- French sportspeople in doping cases
- Olympic silver medalists in swimming
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France
- Swimmers at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
- Swimmers at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
- 21st-century French sportsmen