Florent Manaudou

Florent Manaudou is a French sprint swimmer, born on 12 November 1990, who is an Olympic champion, a world champion and a multiple-time world record holder, and is regarded as one of the greatest sprinters in the history of the sport. He is the younger brother of Laure Manaudou, the 2004 Olympic gold medallist, and the two are the first siblings to have both won Olympic gold medals in swimming. At the 2012 London Olympics he won the 50 metre freestyle, finishing ahead of Cullen Jones and César Cielo, in a time of 21.34 seconds. He joined the French Army in 2009, was named a Knight of the Legion of Honour in recognition of his 2012 performance, has swum for the CN Marseille club, and was the French flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Games.