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Guy Delage claims he is the first person to swim solo across the Atlantic Ocean (with the help of a kick board, from the Cape Verde Islands to Barbados). 16 December 1994.. Logging six to eight hours a day behind a 15-foot (4.6 m) raft that carried his communications gear and food supply, Delage ate and slept on the craft when not in the wa
This is a listing of the French records in swimming. They are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer representing France (or one of its outlying areas) in both 50 m and 25 m swimming courses. The records are maintained/recognized by France's national swimming federation: Fédération Française de Natation (FFN).
During his recuperation in the hospital, he saw a television programme about a female channel-swimmer, who Croizon said inspired him. [2] [4] He began a regimen of swimming, training for over five hours per day with the Maritime Gendarmerie, the French marine police, in the sea near La Rochelle. [3]
Pages in category "Olympic swimmers for France" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 341 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Duncan Scott is relishing the prospect of spoiling the Olympic party of a French swimmer heralded as the heir to Michael Phelps’ throne.. Leon Marchand is the best male swimmer in the world ...
Bowman said recently of his prized pupil, Léon Marchand, and his father, Xavier Marchand, a two-time French Olympic swimmer. "I thought about his dad. I wonder if they are related and they were ...
He collected the large majority of his medals in freestyle and medley relay events, and is the only swimmer featured in all the medalled French relay teams since 2003. He has been part of the French swimming team since the world championship of 2003 in Barcelona .
Robert Christophe (22 February 1938 – 18 April 2016) was a French swimmer who competed in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Summer Olympics. He was born in Marseille . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]