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Laure Manaudou (born October 9, 1986 in Villeurbanne) is a French Olympic, World and European champion swimmer. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Villeurbanne is a commune in east-central France. It is situated northeast of Lyon, with which it forms the heart of the second largest Conurbation This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for aquatic sports diving swimming open water swimming synchronized swimming 2005 World Aquatics Championships or the XI FINA Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 16 to July 31 The swimming competition at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships was held in Melbourne, Australia, from March 25 to April 1 The swimming competition at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships was held in Melbourne, Australia, from March 25 to April 1 The swimming competition at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships was held in Melbourne, Australia, from March 25 to April 1 The swimming competition at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships was held in Melbourne, Australia, from March 25 to April 1 The swimming competition at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships was held in Melbourne, Australia, from March 25 to April 1 The European Aquatics Championships, or European Championships, is the main aquatics championship for Europe. The European LC Championships 2004 were held in Madrid, Spain from May 5 to 16, at the M-86 Swimming Center in the southeast of the The European LC Championships 2004 were held in Madrid, Spain from May 5 to 16, at the M-86 Swimming Center in the southeast of the The European LC Championships 2004 were held in Madrid, Spain from May 5 to 16, at the M-86 Swimming Center in the southeast of the European LC Championships The European Championships in Aquatics (Long Course is an international Swimming competition run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation European LC Championships The European Championships in Aquatics (Long Course is an international Swimming competition run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation European LC Championships The European Championships in Aquatics (Long Course is an international Swimming competition run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation European LC Championships The European Championships in Aquatics (Long Course is an international Swimming competition run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation The European LC Championships 2008 or the 2008 European Championships in Aquatics were held in Eindhoven, Netherlands, from 13 March to The European LC Championships 2008 or the 2008 European Championships in Aquatics were held in Eindhoven, Netherlands, from 13 March to The European LC Championships 2008 or the 2008 European Championships in Aquatics were held in Eindhoven, Netherlands, from 13 March to European LC Championships The European Championships in Aquatics (Long Course is an international Swimming competition run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation European LC Championships The European Championships in Aquatics (Long Course is an international Swimming competition run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation European LC Championships The European Championships in Aquatics (Long Course is an international Swimming competition run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation The European Short Course Championships are held every year in winter usually in December The European SC Championships 2005 were held in Trieste, Italy, from December 8 to 11. The European SC Championships 2005 were held in Trieste, Italy, from December 8 to 11. The European SC Championships 2005 were held in Trieste, Italy, from December 8 to 11. The European SC Championships 2006 were held in Helsinki, Finland, from Thursday December 7 to The European SC Championships 2006 were held in Helsinki, Finland, from Thursday December 7 to The European SC Championships 2006 were held in Helsinki, Finland, from Thursday December 7 to The European SC Championships 2007 were held in Debrecen, Hungary from Thursday December 13 to Sunday December 16. The European SC Championships 2007 were held in Debrecen, Hungary from Thursday December 13 to Sunday December 16. The European SC Championships 2007 were held in Debrecen, Hungary from Thursday December 13 to Sunday December 16. The European SC (Short Course Swimming Championships 2003 were held in Dublin between 11 and December 14. The European SC Championships 2007 were held in Debrecen, Hungary from Thursday December 13 to Sunday December 16. Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Villeurbanne is a commune in east-central France. It is situated northeast of Lyon, with which it forms the heart of the second largest Conurbation This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. She is the daughter of a French father and a Dutch mother.
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Career
Manaudou currently holds the world records for the 400 m freestyle (Short Course) and 200 m freestyle (Long Course).
She won the gold medal in the women's 400 m freestyle at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Freestyle is an unregulated Swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated It was France's first ever gold medal in women's swimming and the first swimming gold medal won by a French man or woman since Jean Boiteux's triumph in the 400 m men's freestyle event in Helsinki in 1952. Helsinki (in Finnish;) or Helsingfors (in Swedish;) is the Capital and largest city of Finland. Manaudou won the silver medal in the women's 800 m freestyle at the same Olympics. In that race, she had a quick start but was passed down the stretch by Ai Shibata from Japan. is a Japanese Swimmer. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won the Gold medal in the 800 meter freestyle race and became the first ever female gold medalist She took the bronze medal at the women's 100 m backstroke, becoming only the second Frenchwoman to win three medals in a single Summer or Winter Olympic Games. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games The first was track and field athlete Micheline Ostermeyer in London in 1948. Micheline Ostermeyer ( December 23, 1922 &ndash October 17, 2001) was a French athlete and pianist. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
She is currently tied for second (three medals altogether) on the all-time list of French multiple female Winter or Summer Olympic medal winners along with Micheline Ostermeyer, Marielle Goitschel, Pascale Trinquet-Hachin, Perrine Pelen, Anne Briand-Bouthiaux, Marie-José Pérec, Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli and Félicia Ballanger. Micheline Ostermeyer ( December 23, 1922 &ndash October 17, 2001) was a French athlete and pianist. Marielle Goitschel (born 28 September 1945 in Sainte-Maxime) is a former French alpine skier. Perrine Pelen (born 3 July 1960) was a French Alpine skier. Achievements 1980 Olympics &ndash bronze Marie-José Pérec (born May 9, 1968) is a French athlete, specialised in the 200 and 400 m, and a triple Olympic champion Jeannie Longo (born October 31 1958 is a female French Racing cyclist, multiple (55 times French and world champion Félicia Ballanger (born La Roche-sur-Yon, France 12 June 1971 was a French Racing cyclist. The all-time leader is the fencer Laura Flessel-Colovic, who has five Olympic medals. Laura Flessel-Colovic (born November 6, 1971 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe) is a French épée fencer
She won three gold medals at the 2004 European Swimming Championships in Madrid for the 100 m backstroke, 400 m freestyle, and the 4×100 m team medley. Madrid (pronounced in English in Spanish and colloquially in Spain) is the Capital and largest city of Spain.
On July 24, 2005 at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, Canada Manaudou won the women's 400 m freestyle. Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2005 World Aquatics Championships or the XI FINA Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 16 to July 31 Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Manaudou was under world record pace for the first half of the race. In the second half of the race, Manaudou was challenged by Shibata, her rival from the Olympics. Pundits were already predicting that Manaudou would eventually eclipse the world-record mark in the 400 m freestyle set by Janet Evans at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Janet Elizabeth Evans (born August 28, 1971) is a American competitive Swimmer. The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event staged in 1988 in This would happen on May 12, 2006, as she broke Evans's world record of 4:03. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 85 during the final of the French championship in Tours with the time of 4:03. 03.
On August 6, 2006, on the final day of the 2006 European Swimming Championships in Budapest, she broke her own world record with a time of 4:02:13 in winning the 400 m freestyle title. Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. European LC Championships The European Championships in Aquatics (Long Course is an international Swimming competition run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation Budapest ( also /ˈbʊ-/) is the capital city of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary it serves as the country's principal Political, She also won the 800 m freestyle (in European record time), 200 m individual medley and 100 m backstroke titles. In addition, she obtained the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle, 4×200 m team freestyle and 4×100 m team medley. With her four titles, she equalled the record of the number of individual titles won in the same European swimming championships held by East Germany's Ute Geweniger (1981) and Hungary's Krisztina Egerszegi (1993). The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state Ute Geweniger (born February 24 1964 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany) was a Breaststroke and medley swimmer of the Krisztina Egerszegi ˈɛgɛrsɛgi}} (born 16 August 1974 is a Hungarian former swimmer one of the greatest Hungarian Olympic champions of the modern
She broke the 200 m freestyle world record at the World Swimming Championships in Melbourne in winning the final. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 She also won the 400 m freestyle event, obtained a silver for the 100 m backstroke and the 800 m freestyle, and a bronze for 4×200 m freestyle relay. She was leading the race in the 800 m final going into the last lap, but the American Kate Ziegler finally overtook her in the last metres to win by a margin of 28 cm. Kate Ziegler (born June 27 1988 in Fairfax Virginia) is a world record distance Swimmer from the United States who won two golden medals at the 2005 World She was thus prevented from becoming the first female swimmer to win the 200 m, 400 m and 800 m freestyle titles at the same World Championships.
The Paris Match weekly magazine did a cover story of Manaudou in its April 5-11 issue. Paris match (band is also a Japanese musical group Paris Match is a French weekly Magazine.
From 2001-2007, Manaudou was coached by Philippe Lucas. She competed for the Melun-Dammarie club until 2006, when she moved to Le Canet en Roussillon.
On May 9, 2007, she announced at a press conference at the Canet en Roussillon swim club that she was leaving her coach Philippe Lucas to move to Italy and to train with the club Lapresse Nuoto, located in Turin. She added, however, that she would continue to swim for France.
On August 6 it was reported the World and Olympic titlist had been removed from her Italian-based team. The split is said to have been triggered by a fallout between Manaudou and LaPresse Nuoto club chief executive Paolo Penso. Penso is believed to have questioned Manaudou's attitude to training (Reuters/L'Equipe).
She won 4 medals in the European Championships of 2007, even if the manifestation was characterized by the continuous fights between her and her Italian ex-boyfriend Luca Marin. Luca Marin (born 9 April 1986 in Vittoria, Ragusa) is an Italian medley swimmer.
The same day, lewd pictures of Laure Manaudou started to propagate on the Internet. Luca Marin denied being the culprit. Luca Marin (born 9 April 1986 in Vittoria, Ragusa) is an Italian medley swimmer. [4]
Accomplishments
| Event | Olympics Games | World Championships | European Championships | ||||||
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2004 in Athens Greece |
2005 in Montréal Canada |
2007 in Melbourne Australia |
2004 in Madrid Spain |
2006 in Budapest Hungary |
2008 in Eindhoven Netherlands |
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| Free style | 200 m | 1'55"52 WR | 1'58"38 | ||||||
| 400 m | 4'05"34 ER | 4'06"44 | 4'02"61 CR | 4'07"90 | 4'02"13 WR | ||||
| 800 m | 8'24"96 | 8'18"80 ER | 8'19"29 ER | ||||||
| 4 x 200 m | 7'55"96 NR | 7'56"44 NR | 7'52"09 | ||||||
| Backstroke | 100 m | 1'00"88 | 59"87 ER | 1'00"93 | 1'00"88 | 1'00"05 | |||
| 200 m | 2'07"99 NR | ||||||||
| Medley | 200 m | 2'12"69 | |||||||
| 4 x 100 m | 4'05"96 | 4'03"64 NR | |||||||
- WR : World Record
- ER : European Record
- NR : National Record
- CR : Championship record
Career Best Times
1. The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία 2005 World Aquatics Championships or the XI FINA Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 16 to July 31 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The 2007 World Aquatics Championships or the XII FINA World Championships were held in Melbourne, Australia from March For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The European LC Championships 2004 were held in Madrid, Spain from May 5 to 16, at the M-86 Swimming Center in the southeast of the Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. European LC Championships The European Championships in Aquatics (Long Course is an international Swimming competition run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic The European LC Championships 2008 or the 2008 European Championships in Aquatics were held in Eindhoven, Netherlands, from 13 March to The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands 200 Free-1. 55. 52(WR)
2. 400 Free-4:02. 13(2nd fastest swimmer ever)
3. 800 Free-8:18. 80(3rd fastest swimmer ever)
4. 100 Back-59. 50(4th fastest swimmer ever)
5. 200 Back-2:06. 64(3rd fastest swimmer ever)
References
- ^ 2004 Olympic Games swimming results. Retrieved on 2007-07-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of
- ^ Montreal 2005 Results. Retrieved on 2007-06-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits
- ^ 12th FINA World Championships. Retrieved on 2007-06-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits
- ^ Manaudou-Marin, il giallo delle foto hard - La Repubblica, 17 dicembre 2007
External links
- Official website (French)
- Swim Rankings profile
| Records | ||
|---|---|---|
Preceded by Federica Pellegrini |
Women's 200 metre Freestyle World Record Holder (Long Course) March 28, 2007 – |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
Preceded by Janet Evans |
Women's 400 metre Freestyle World Record Holder (Long Course) August 6, 2006 – March 24, 2008 |
Succeeded by Federica Pellegrini |
| Preceded by Lindsay Benko |
Women's 400 metre Freestyle World Record Holder (Short Course) December 10, 2005 – |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
Preceded by Petra Schneider |
Women's 1500 metre Freestyle World Record Holder (Short Course) November 20, 2004 – October 12, 2007 |
Succeeded by Kate Ziegler |
| Awards | ||
Preceded by Otylia Jędrzejczak |
European Swimmer of the Year 2006-2007 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Leisel Jones |
World Swimmer of the Year 2007 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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