Clément Lefert

Clément Lefert

Personal information
Full name	Clément Lefert
Nationality	France
Born	(1987-09-26) 26 September 1987 (age 37) Nice, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, butterfly
Club	Olympic Nice
College team	University of Southern California
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  France Olympic Games 2012 London 4×100 m freestyle 2012 London 4×200 m freestyle

Clément Lefert (born 26 September 1987 in Nice) is a retired French Olympic champion in swimming.^[1][2][3] He won a gold medal at the London 2012 Summer Olympics in the 4 × 100 meters freestyle relay, with teammates Amaury Leveaux, Fabien Gilot, and Yannick Agnel, besting the American relay team that included Michael Phelps.^[4] He also won a silver medal in the 4 x 200 meters freestyle relay.^[5] 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).^[3]

On 1 January 2013, Lefert was made a Knight (Chevalier) of the Legion of Honour.^[6]

After finishing his higher education studies, he started as a trader in a commodities trading company in London.

See also

• USC Trojans
• France at the Olympics

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Clément Lefert". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
2. "French Olympic Champion Clement Lefert Retires". Archived from the original on 3 February 2013.
3. "Clement Lefert Profile – University of Southern California Official Athletic Site". Usctrojans.com. 30 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
4. Avinash Kunnath (29 July 2012). "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.
5. "Two more Olympic swimming medals for Pac-12 > Pac12 > News-London". Pac-10.org. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
6. Légion d'Honneur: Aschieri, Muffat et Agnel dans la promo du 1er janvier Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine – nicematin.com

External links

• University of Southern California athlete profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-08-02)
• BBC Olympics athlete profile
• Clément Lefert at World Aquatics
• Clément Lefert at SwimRankings.net
• Clément Lefert at Olympics.com
• Clément Lefert at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French)
• Clément Lefert at Team France (in French)