Florent Manaudou

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.

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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)

Origin

Villeurbanne, Rhône, France

Height

199 cm

Occupation

swimmer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Horse

Awards & achievements

• Knight of the Legion of Honour
• 2015 Champion des champions français de L'Équipe

• Official sitehttp://www.florentmanaudou.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/florentmanaudou/
• Xhttps://x.com/FlorentManaudou
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florent%20Manaudou
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8A%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137575

Tags

• Rhône
• swimmer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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