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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]
Jean Taris, Swimming Champion (French: La Natation par Jean Taris, champion de France or Taris, roi de l'eau or Taris, champion de natation) is a 1931 French short documentary film directed by Jean Vigo, about the French swimmer Jean Taris. The film is notable for the many innovative techniques that Vigo uses, including close ups and freeze ...
Two French swimmers, Clement Secchi and Yohann Ndoye-Brouard, shared the worn-out state of their bronze medals, which they both took home from the Olympics after winning the 4×100-metre medley relay.
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 .
Of course, on Day 2 of swimming, everyone was playing second fiddle to Marchand. La Defense Arena was packed with more than 15,000 fans, many of them with their faces painted in the blue, white ...
Marchand donned a French swimming cap in the Covid-delayed Tokyo Games, finishing sixth in the 400 individual medley. Marchand insists he's not the same swimmer he was three years ago, having ...
Thomas William Burgess (15 June 1872 – 2 July 1950) was the second person to successfully complete a swim of the English Channel after Matthew Webb., after 16 attempts. [1] Burgess was British but spent most of his life in France, and won a bronze medal with the French water polo team at the 1900 Olympics. [2]
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