Franck Esposito

Franck Espostio
Personal information
NicknameTitou
Nationality France
Born (1971-04-13) 13 April 1971 (age 53)
Salon-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
ClubCN Antibes
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona 200 m butterfly
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 1998 Perth 200 m butterfly
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 1993 Palma 200 m butterfly
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 1991 Athens 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 1997 Seville 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 1999 Istanbul 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2002 Berlin 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 1993 Sheffield 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2002 Berlin 4×100m medley
Silver medal – second place 2004 Madrid 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2004 Madrid 4×100m medley
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Seville 100 m butterfly
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2003 Dublin 200 m butterfly
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1993 Narbonne 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 1997 Bari 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 1997 Bari 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2001 Tunis 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2001 Tunis 200 m butterfly

Franck Esposito (born 13 April 1971 in Salon-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône)[1] is a former World Record holding, and four-time Olympic, butterfly swimmer from France. He swam for France at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics; and won the bronze medal in the 200 Butterfly at the 1992 Olympics.[2] During his career, he set the short course World Record in the 200 fly four times.

He won a total number of four European titles in long course, starting from 1991. Esposito broke the world record in the 200 m butterfly (short course) four times.

At the 1991 World Championships, he lowered the French Record in the long course 200 Fly for the first time (1:59.00). He subsequently bettered the record six more times, and as of 2013 still holds the record at 1:54.62 which he swam at the 2002 French Championships (at the time, also a European Record).[3] He also held the French Record in the long course 100 fly from August 1993 – April 2008.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ (in French) La fiche de Franck Esposto, from L'Équipe; retrieved 23 June 2013.
  2. ^ Esposito's entry Archived 24 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine at sports-reference.com; retrieved 23 June 2013.
  3. ^ (in French) Record de France de natation messieurs du 200 mètres papillon (trans: French Record progression: men's 200 fly), from French Wikipedia; retrieved 23 June 2013.
  4. ^ (in French) Record de France de natation messieurs du 100 mètres papillon (trans: French Record progression: men's 100 fly), from French Wikipedia; retrieved 23 June 2013.
Records
Preceded by

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Danyon Loader
James Hickman
Thomas Rupprath
 World Record holder
Men's 200m Butterfly (25m)
1 February 1992 – 6 February 1993
26 March 1994 – 2 February 1997
14 January 2001 – 1 December 2001
8 December 2002 – 13 December 2008 		Succeeded by