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Léon Marchand (French pronunciation: [leɔ̃ maʁʃɑ̃] ⓘ; born 17 May 2002) is a French swimmer.He is the World record holder in the long course 400 metres individual medley and short course 200 metres individual medley; the Olympic record holder in the 200 metres butterfly, the 200 metres breaststroke, the 200 metres individual medley and the 400 metres individual medley; and the French ...
The term was proposed by German biologist Ernst Haeckel to differentiate between the active swimmers in a body of water, and the planktons that were passively carried along by the current. As a guideline, nektonic organisms have a high Reynolds number (greater than 1000) and planktonic organisms a low one (less than 10).
A great cormorant swimming. Aquatic locomotion or swimming is biologically propelled motion through a liquid medium. The simplest propulsive systems are composed of cilia and flagella. Swimming has evolved a number of times in a range of organisms including arthropods, fish, molluscs, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
With a boisterous crowd cheering him on, Léon Marchand began his home Olympics by cruising to the fastest time in the preliminaries of the 400-meter individual medley Sunday. The 22-year-old ...
An image of French swimmer, Leon Marchand, decorates the Montparnasse tower ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/David Goldman) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) Making ...
Olympics official video: Manaudou wins 50m freestyle Olympic gold in 2012. Florent Manaudou (French pronunciation: [flɔʁɑ̃ manodu]; born 12 November 1990) is a French competitive swimmer, an Olympic champion of the 50-meter freestyle at the 2012 London Olympics, and the younger brother of Laure Manaudou, a 2004 Olympic gold medalist in swimming.
Yohann Ndoye-Brouard (born 29 November 2000) is a French swimmer. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He competed in the men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships , in Budapest , Hungary, [ 4 ] winning the bronze medal.
Cassignol made her debut at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, and won a gold medal in the team relay. [2] [3]At the 2020 European Aquatics Championships held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she won a bronze medal in the 5 km open water event with a time of 58:51.4.