Photo: Georges Biard / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Manaudou fascinates me because he embodies pure explosive speed in a sport that often rewards endurance. Standing at 199 cm and bursting through the 50-meter freestyle, he won Olympic gold in London 2012 and helped make the Manaudou name swimming royalty alongside his sister Laure. What I respect most is his refusal to fade quietly; he retired, returned, and kept reinventing himself at the highest level. A Legion of Honour recipient who treats sprinting as both art and detonation, he's the kind of athlete I'd happily watch chase one perfect race for the rest of his career.
Overview
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. He competes for the Energy Standard Swim Club in the International Swimming League.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Florent Manaudou
- Name (Japanese)
- フローラン・マナドゥ
- Reading
- ふろーらん・まなどぅ
- Born
- November 12, 1990 (age 35)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Horse
- Origin
- Villeurbanne, Rhône, France
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 199 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- swimmer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- 2015 Champion des champions français de L'Équipe
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Swimmer — see all → · More people from France →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.