Franck Esposito
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| Nickname | Titou | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 April 1971 Salon-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CN Antibes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Franck Esposito (born 13 April 1971 in Salon-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône)[1] is a former World Record holding, and four-time Olympic, butterfly swimmer from France. He swam for France at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics; and won the bronze medal in the 200 Butterfly at the 1992 Olympics.[2] During his career, he set the short course World Record in the 200 fly four times.
He won a total number of four European titles in long course, starting from 1991. Esposito broke the world record in the 200 m butterfly (short course) four times.
At the 1991 World Championships, he lowered the French Record in the long course 200 Fly for the first time (1:59.00). He subsequently bettered the record six more times, and as of 2013 still holds the record at 1:54.62 which he swam at the 2002 French Championships (at the time, also a European Record).[3] He also held the French Record in the long course 100 fly from August 1993 – April 2008.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ (in French) La fiche de Franck Esposto, from L'Équipe; retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ Esposito's entry Archived 24 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine at sports-reference.com; retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ (in French) Record de France de natation messieurs du 200 mètres papillon (trans: French Record progression: men's 200 fly), from French Wikipedia; retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ (in French) Record de France de natation messieurs du 100 mètres papillon (trans: French Record progression: men's 100 fly), from French Wikipedia; retrieved 23 June 2013.
External links
[edit]- Personal website: www.franckesposito.fr Archived 2 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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- 1971 births
- Living people
- People from Salon-de-Provence
- French male butterfly swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for France
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- World record setters in swimming
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for France
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France
- Swimmers at the 1993 Mediterranean Games
- Swimmers at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
- Swimmers at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
- Goodwill Games medalists in swimming
- Sportspeople from Bouches-du-Rhône
- Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
- Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games