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| Florent
MANAUDOU |
| Sport |
Swimming |
| NOC |
France
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| Gender | Men |
| Born | 12 Nov 1990
in Villeurbanne, FRA |
| Height | 1.99 m |
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General Interest |
Injuries |
He sustained a fracture in his left little finger in December 2018. The injury prevented him from returning to training until April 2019. (lequipe.fr, 09 Apr 2019; sport24.lefigaro.fr, 19 Mar 2019)
A wrist injury forced him to miss the 2015 Military World Games in Mungyeong, Republic of Korea. (swimswam.com, 07 Oct 2015)
A shoulder injury sustained at the French national championships in 2013 prevented him from competing at that year's European short course championships in Herning, Denmark. (swimswam.com, 20 Oct 2014) |
Awards and honours |
In 2020 he received the Medal of the City of Porto-Vecchio in Corsica, France. (journal-lepetitcorse.fr, 22 Aug 2020)
He was named French Athlete of the Year in 2015 by French media outlets RMC, BFMTV, Le Parisien-Aujourd'hui, L'Equipe and the sports network Eurosport. (lexpress.fr, 24 Dec 2015; fr.news.yahoo.com, 10 Dec 2015; eurosport.fr, 30 Dec 2015)
He received the 2014 Male Swimmer of the Year award from the European Swimming Federation [LEN]. (swimswam.com, 05 Feb 2015)
He was named 2014 European Male Swimmer of the Year by the website SwimSwam in its Swammy Awards. (swimswam.com, 26 Dec 2014)
He was awarded the French Legion of Honour medal in 2013. (huffingtonpost.fr, 01 Jun 2013) |
Hobbies |
Playing guitar. (leparisien.fr, 19 Mar 2019) |
Other sports |
He played handball in the reserve team of the PAUC club in Aix-en-Provence, France. (leparisien.fr, 19 Mar 2019; tokyo2020.org, 02 Apr 2020) |
Nicknames |
Flo (Instagram profile, 10 Aug 2017) |
Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
CN Marseille: France |
General Interest |
Ambitions |
To win a medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (nicematin.com, 27 Oct 2021) |
Sport Specific Information |
Name of coach |
Quentin Colon, FRA, from 2021; Yoris Grandjean, BEL, from 2021 |
General Interest |
Sporting philosophy / motto |
"In swimming, I train to be the best in the world. To reach an Olympic final, to feel the stress and to hate defeat." (sport24.lefigaro.fr, 05 Dec 2019) |
Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Antibes, FRA |
Family |
Partner Pernille Blume |
General Interest |
Famous relatives |
His older sister Laure Manaudou competed in swimming for France and won three medals at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. His father Jean-Luc played in the fifth tier of the French handball championship. His partner Pernille Blume has represented Denmark in swimming, winning gold in the 50m freestyle at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and bronze in the same event at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. (rtl.fr, 01 Jan 2011; leparisien.fr, 19 Mar 2019; lequipe.fr, 24 Mar 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 23 Nov 2021) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
He comes from a sporting family. His father played handball and his mother played badminton, and he also played handball until age 15. He decided to fully focus on swimming after being inspired by his sister Laure winning an Olympic gold medal in 2004. |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He began swimming at age three under the guidance of his older brother Nicolas, at the Amberieu-en-Bugey club in France. He won his first medals in competition at age seven. |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete, Business Owner |
Languages |
English, French |
General Interest |
Other information |
COACHING CHANGES
In October 2021 he parted ways with coach Julien Jacquier to train under duo Quentin Colon and Yoris Grandjean in Antibes, France. He remained registered to the CN Marseille club despite the coaching change. "Julien is the coach who made the best programmes for me. I told him that personally we don't really have chemistry. I thanked him, he helped me tremendously, but I really need to be close to my coach. What I liked [about Colon and Grandjean] was that they are people who are going to have ideas, who are young. They will listen. The fact that we are friends is the only challenge. Working with friends is good, but I don't want to be left to do whatever I want. I told them that." He had resumed his partnership with Jacquier in January 2021, after leaving James Gibson's training group based in Antalya, Turkey, due to the logistical difficulties of the COVID-19 pandemic. (swimswam.com, 26 Oct 2021; lequipe.fr, 04 Jan 2021)
RETIREMENT AND COMEBACK
In 2019 he decided to return to competitive swimming after almost three years out of the sport. He had taken time away from swimming to play handball with the PAUC club in Aix-en-Provence, France. "I thought about it for a long time. I wanted to return to swimming because it was something that I missed day after day. I enjoyed doing things that I had always wanted to do, but now I jump into a new challenge, to return to competition." He got in touch with his former coach, James Gibson, and began training with him in Antalya, Turkey. He returned to competition in June 2019 in Rome, Italy. "There are no balls, no goals. But I am having more fun than in my previous spell swimming." (lequipe.fr, 19 Mar 2019; sport.francetvinfo.fr, 20 Mar 2019; boursorama.com, 19 Mar 2019; leparisien.fr, 04 Dec 2019; tokyo2020.org, 02 Apr 2020)
CHANGE IN PHYSIQUE
He says his physique changed after playing handball while he was away from swimming. "After I came back, people told me I was more imposing. I now have stronger legs so I can push more on the block and on the wall, but I have lost elasticity. That balances things. I don't believe I am stronger, but I can generate more power from my upper body. Because I have less elasticity, I find my back a little stiff. If I can keep the strength while adding a little bit of elasticity, that would be really cool. I think I can swim faster than before. Underwater I am less strong but I swim faster." (leparisien.fr, 04 Dec 2019; midilibre.fr, 10 Dec 2019)
BUSINESS OWNER
In 2016 he opened a restaurant called La Piscine [The Swimming Pool] in Marseille, France. (lci.fr, 02 May 2017; le-grand-pastis.com, 07 Jul 2016; leparisien.fr, 19 Mar 2019) |
Olympic Games |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 2 |
2021 |
Tokyo, JPN |
50m Freestyle |
21.55 |
| 6 |
2021 |
Tokyo, JPN |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:11.09 |
| 2 |
2016 |
Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
50m Freestyle |
21.41 |
| 2 |
2016 |
Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:10.53 |
| 1 |
2012 |
London, ENG |
50m Freestyle |
21.34 |
World Championships |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 12 |
2023 |
Fukuoka, JPN |
50m Freestyle |
21.96 |
| Heats |
2023 |
Fukuoka, JPN |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
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| 12 |
2022 |
Budapest, HUN |
50m Butterfly |
23.23 |
| Semifinal |
2022 |
Budapest, HUN |
50m Freestyle |
21.95 |
| 1 |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
50m Butterfly |
22.97 |
| 1 |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
50m Freestyle |
21.19 |
| 1 |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:10.74 |
| 8 |
2013 |
Barcelona, ESP |
50m Butterfly |
23.35 |
| 5 |
2013 |
Barcelona, ESP |
50m Freestyle |
21.64 |
| 1 |
2013 |
Barcelona, ESP |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:11.18 |
| 5 |
2011 |
Shanghai, CHN |
50m Butterfly |
23.49 |
| Heat |
2011 |
Shanghai, CHN |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
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World Championships Short Course |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| Semifinal |
2022 |
Melbourne, VIC, AUS |
50m Butterfly |
22.37 |
| 6 |
2022 |
Melbourne, VIC, AUS |
50m Freestyle |
20.91 |
| 1 |
2022 |
Melbourne, VIC, AUS |
4 x 50m Freestyle Relay |
1:27.33 |
| 5 |
2022 |
Melbourne, VIC, AUS |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:31.41 |
| 1 |
2014 |
Doha, QAT |
50m Backstroke |
22.22 |
| Heats |
2014 |
Doha, QAT |
50m Butterfly |
DNS |
| 2 |
2014 |
Doha, QAT |
100m Freestyle |
45.81 |
| 1 |
2014 |
Doha, QAT |
50m Freestyle |
20.26 |
| 1 |
2014 |
Doha, QAT |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:03.78 |
| 2 |
2014 |
Doha, QAT |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:31.25 |
| 3 |
2014 |
Doha, QAT |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:22.26 |
| 3 |
2012 |
Istanbul, TUR |
50m Breaststroke |
26.33 |
| 2 |
2012 |
Istanbul, TUR |
50m Freestyle |
20.88 |
European Championships |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 5 |
2021 |
Budapest, HUN |
50m Freestyle |
21.81 |
| Semifinal |
2021 |
Budapest, HUN |
50m Butterfly |
23.41 |
| 1 |
2016 |
London, ENG |
50m Freestyle |
21.73 |
| 1 |
2016 |
London, ENG |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:13.48 |
| 2 |
2016 |
London, ENG |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:33.89 |
| 1 |
2014 |
Berlin, GER |
50m Butterfly |
23.00 |
| 1 |
2014 |
Berlin, GER |
50m Freestyle |
21.32 |
| 1 |
2014 |
Berlin, GER |
100m Freestyle |
47.98 |
| 1 |
2014 |
Berlin, GER |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:11.64 |
European Championships Short Course |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 2 |
2023 |
Otopeni, ROU |
50m Freestyle |
20.74 |
| 2 |
2023 |
Otopeni, ROU |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:37.14 |
| 3 |
2023 |
Otopeni, ROU |
4 x 50m Freestyle Relay |
1:28.35 |
| 5 |
2019 |
Glasgow, SCO |
50m Butterfly |
22.42 |
| Heats |
2019 |
Glasgow, SCO |
50m Backstroke |
DNS |
| 2 |
2019 |
Glasgow, SCO |
50m Freestyle |
20.66 |
| 5 |
2019 |
Glasgow, SCO |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:38.17 |
| 3 |
2019 |
Glasgow, SCO |
4 x 50m Freestyle Relay |
1:28.86 |
| Heats |
2019 |
Glasgow, SCO |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
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| 4 |
2012 |
Chartres, FRA |
50m Breaststroke |
26.29 |
| 1 |
2012 |
Chartres, FRA |
50m Freestyle |
20.70 |
| 1 |
2012 |
Chartres, FRA |
4 x 50m Freestyle Relay |
1:29.64 |
| 5 |
2012 |
Chartres, FRA |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:36.01 |
| 1 |
2012 |
Chartres, FRA |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:38.74 |
World Cup |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 3 |
2022 |
Berlin, GER |
50m Freestyle |
21.05 |
| 8 |
2022 |
Berlin, GER |
50m Butterfly |
22.68 |
| 4 |
2016 |
Paris, FRA |
50m Breaststroke |
26.49 |
| 1 |
2016 |
Paris, FRA |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:39.46 |
| 2 |
2013 |
Doha, QAT |
50m Breaststroke |
26.54 |
| 4 |
2013 |
Doha, QAT |
100m Individual Medley |
52.16 |
| 3 |
2013 |
Doha, QAT |
50m Backstroke |
23.43 |
| 1 |
2013 |
Doha, QAT |
4 x 50m Freestyle Relay |
1:31.14 |
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