Clément Lefert
Appearance
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Full name | Clément Lefert | |||||||||||||||||
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Born | Nice, France | 26 September 1987|||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Olympic Nice | |||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Southern California | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Clément Lefert (born 26 September 1987 in Nice) is a retired [1] French Olympic champion in swimming.[2] He won a gold medal at the London 2012 Summer Olympics in the 4×100 meters freestyle relay, with team mates Amaury Leveaux, Fabien Gilot, and Yannick Agnel, besting the American relay team that included Michael Phelps.[3] He also won a silver medal in the 4x200 meters freestyle relay.[4] Lefert is an economics major at the University of Southern California (USC), and holds USC's record in the 200 yard freestyle (1:33.67).[2]
On 1 January 2013, Lefert was made a Knight (Chevalier) of the Légion d'honneur.[5] After finishing his higher education studies, he started as a trader in a commodities trading company in London.
See also
References
- ^ "French Olympic Champion Clement Lefert Retires".
- ^ a b "Clement Lefert Profile - University of Southern California Official Athletic Site". Usctrojans.com. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ^ Jul 29 8:38p by Avinash Kunnath. "London 2012 Results: Clement Lefert Bests Michael Phelps And Ryan Lochte, Kim Rhode With Milestone Gold - SB Nation Los Angeles". Losangeles.sbnation.com. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Two more Olympic swimming medals for Pac-12 > Pac12 > News-London". Pac-10.org. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ^ Légion d'Honneur: Aschieri, Muffat et Agnel dans la promo du 1er janvier Template:Wayback - nicematin.com
See also
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- 1987 births
- Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
- French male swimmers
- Living people
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- Olympic gold medalists for France
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- Olympic swimmers of France
- Sportspeople from Nice
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- USC Trojans men's swimmers
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in swimming
- Olympic silver medalists in swimming