Franck Esposito
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| Nickname(s) | Titou | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
13 April 1971 Salon-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- Personal website: www.franckesposito.fr
- (French) Franck Esposito on French Wikipedia
References
- ↑ (French) La fiche de Franck Esposto, from L'Équipe; retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ↑ Esposito's entry at sports-reference.com; retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ↑ (French) Record de France de natation messieurs du 200 mètres papillon (trans: French Record progression: men's 200 fly), from French Wikipedia; retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ↑ (French) Record de France de natation messieurs du 100 mètres papillon (trans: French Record progression: men's 100 fly), from French Wikipedia; retrieved 2013-06-23.
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| Preceded by - Danyon Loader James Hickman Thomas Rupprath |
World Record holder Men's 200m Butterfly (25m) 1 February 1992 – 6 February 1993 26 March 1994 – 2 February 1997 14 January 2001 – 1 December 2001 8 December 2002 – 13 December 2008 |
Succeeded by Danyon Loader Denis Pankratov Thomas Rupprath Nikolay Skvortsov |