Alain Bernard

Alain Bernard was a swimmer I genuinely loved to watch. At 196 cm, the Frenchman from Aubagne was built like a water cannon, and he delivered, two golds among four Olympic medals across Beijing and London, plus a stint holding the 100 m freestyle world record. France honored him with the Legion of Honour, and you can see why he became a point of national pride. What draws me in is the intensity of a sprinter's narrow prime, peaking at the very top of the world. Winning where races are decided in a heartbeat demands a sacrifice I can only imagine. Class act.

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Name (English)

Alain Bernard

Name (Japanese)

アラン・ベルナール

Reading

あらん・べるなーる

Born

May 1, 1983 (age 43)

Origin

Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Height

196 cm

Occupation

swimmer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Boar

Awards & achievements

• Knight of the Legion of Honour
• 2012 Officer of the National Order of Merit
• 2008 L'Équipe Champion of Champions

• Official sitehttps://www.alainbernard-lesite.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/alainbernard_oly/
• Xhttps://x.com/alainbernard
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain%20Bernard
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q297477

Tags

• Bouches-du-Rhône
• swimmer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.