Fabien Gilot

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Fabien Gilot
Personal information
Full nameFabien Pierre Aurélien Dominique Gilot
National teamFrench
Born (1984-04-27) 27 April 1984 (age 40)
Denain, France
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubCN Marseille
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2013 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Barcelona 4×100m medley
Gold medal – first place 2015 Kazan 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2011 Shanghai 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2011 Shanghai 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Melbourne 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Rome 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Kazan 4×100 m medley
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dubai 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Doha 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2010 Dubai 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Dubai 4×200 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2010 Budapest 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2014 Berlin 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2016 London 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2010 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2014 Berlin 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2014 Berlin 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Madrid 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Budapest 50 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2008 Rijeka 4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2008 Rijeka 100 m freestyle

Fabien Pierre Aurélien Dominique Gilot (born 27 April 1984) is a French Olympic swimmer.

Career

Fabien Gilot started by playing water-polo before switching to swimming. He is part of the French swimming team since the world championship of 2003 in Barcelona. He has collected the large majority of his medals in freestyle and medley relay events and is the only swimmer featuring in all the medalled French relay teams since 2003.

He swam for France at the 2008 Olympics, where he was part of France's silver medal winning 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.[1] In the London 2012 Summer Olympics he again swam for France, and as part of France's team in the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, shared in the team's gold medal.[2] In his victory wave, Gilot revealed an underarm tattoo with three Hebrew words meaning "I am nothing without them", which he explained was a tribute to his maternal grandmother's Jewish husband Max Goldschmidt, an Auschwitz survivor. Gilot said that this quote had a very special meaning for him, representing his family and three stars – one for each of his brothers, as well as for his Olympic appearances. He described Goldschmidt as "a grandfather in every way". Goldschmidt died in 2012, but was able to see his grandson's tattoo and his swimming achievements, although not his Olympic gold.[3]

References

  1. ^ Sean Ingle (11 August 2008). "Olympics: Another gold for Michael Phelps in 4x100m freestyle". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  2. ^ Sam Jones (29 July 2012). "London 2012: France upset USA to win dramatic 4x100m freestyle relay". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  3. ^ Lior Zilberstein (11 August 2008). "French Olympiad's Hebrew tribute to Jewish grandfather". YNet.com. Retrieved 14 August 2012.

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