Famous French Swimmers
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1
Laure Manaudou
(French Olympic, World and European Champion Swimmer)
Birthdate: October 9, 1986
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Villeurbanne, France
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
2
Camille Muffat
(French Swimmer and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Birthdate: October 28, 1989
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Nice, France
Died: March 9, 2015
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
3
Benoît Lecomte
(French Long-Distance Swimmer)
Birthdate: June 3, 1967
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Benoit Lecomte
4
Florent Manaudou
(French Competitive Swimmer)
Birthdate: November 12, 1990
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Villeurbanne, France
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
5
Yannick Agnel
(French Former Competitive Swimmer)
Birthdate: June 9, 1992
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Nîmes, France
Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
6
Amaury Leveaux
(French Butterfly Swimmer and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Birthdate: December 2, 1985
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Belfort, France
Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
7
Alain Bernard
(Former French Swimmer)
Birthdate: May 1, 1983
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Aubagne, France
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
8
Frédérick Bousquet
(French Retired Freestyle and Butterfly Swimmer)
Birthdate: April 8, 1981
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Perpignan, France
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
9
Roxana Mărăcineanu
(French Swimming World Champion, Olympic Silver Medalist and Former Sports Minister)
Birthdate: May 7, 1975
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania
Born in Romania, swimmer Roxana Mărăcineanu later moved to France with her parents. Though trained in gymnastics in her early days, she later became France’s first swimming world champion and an Olympic silver medalist. The Legion of Honour recipient has also been France’s minister of sports.
10
Henri Decoin
(French Film Director, Screenwriter and Swimmer)
Birthdate: March 18, 1890
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: July 4, 1969
11
Alfred Nakache
(French Swimmer and Water Polo Player)
Birthdate: November 18, 1915
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Constantine, Algeria
Died: August 4, 1983
12
Jean Boiteux
(French Freestyle Swimmer and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Birthdate: June 20, 1933
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Marseilles, France
Died: April 11, 2010
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
13
René Cavalero
(French Swimmer and Water Polo Player)
Birthdate: November 20, 1917
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Marseille, France
Died: November 27, 2008
14
Hanna Shcherba
(Belarusian-French Swimmer)
Birthdate: January 11, 1982
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Baranovichi, Belarus
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)