Laure Manaudou is a retired French Olympic champion swimmer, born October 9, 1986, in Villeurbanne, France, who competed in freestyle and backstroke events. At the 2004 Athens Olympics she won gold in the women's 400 meter freestyle, France's first gold medal ever in women's swimming, and also won silver in the 800 meter freestyle and bronze in the 100 meter backstroke at those Games. She won three World Championship gold medals, in 2005 and 2007, and nine European Championship titles, held world records in multiple freestyle events, and was named World Swimmer of the Year in 2007. Her younger brother, Florent Manaudou, also became an Olympic gold medalist swimmer.
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Career HighlightWon the gold medal in the women's 400-meter freestyle at the 2004 Athens Olympics, France's first gold medal ever in women's swimming 1 Classification
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Did Laure Manaudou return to competition after announcing her retirement in 2009?
Yes, she came back and swam at the 2012 London Olympics without a medal, then retired again in 2014, according to Olympedia.
Yes. Olympedia says her 2008 Olympic Games brought two finals but no medal in either, and that this was her last major competition until she officially announced her retirement in 2009. It then says she made a comeback after giving birth to a daughter and returned to the Olympics in London in 2012, but again did not medal. According to Olympedia she retired again in 2014.
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Laure Manaudou (French pronunciation: [lɔʁ manodu]; born 9 October 1986) is a retired French Olympic, world and European champion swimmer.
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born 9 October 1986
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October 9, 1986
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a retired French Olympic, world and European champion swimmer
2004 Athens Olympic gold
She won the gold medal in the women's 400-meter freestyle at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
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Laure Manaudou (French pronunciation: [lɔʁ manodu]; born 9 October 1986) is a retired French Olympic, world and European champion swimmer.
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Laure Manaudou (French pronunciation: [lɔʁ manodu]; born 9 October 1986) is a retired French Olympic, world and European champion swimmer.
Competed In: Olympic Games, Lead or career section
She also won the bronze medal in the women's 100-meter backstroke, thus becoming only the 2nd Frenchwoman to win three medals in a single Olympic Games, Summer or Winter.
Competed In: 2012 Summer Olympics, Lead or career section
Manaudou competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in three events, 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, and the 4 × 100 m medley relay.
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