Clément Lefert
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| Full name | Clément Lefert | |||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 France | |||||||||||||||
| Born |
26 September 1987 Nice, France | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | |||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly | |||||||||||||||
| Club | Olympic Nice | |||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Southern California | |||||||||||||||
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Clément Lefert (born 26 September 1987 in Nice) is a retired [1] French Olympic champion in swimming.[2] He won a gold medal at the London 2012 Summer Olympics in the 4×100 meters freestyle relay, with team mates Amaury Leveaux, Fabien Gilot, and Yannick Agnel, besting the American relay team that included Michael Phelps.[3] He also won a silver medal in the 4x200 meters freestyle relay.[4] 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).[2]
On 1 January 2013, Lefert was made a Knight (Chevalier) of the Légion d'honneur.[5] After finishing his higher education studies, he started as a trader in a commodities trading company in London.
See also
References
- ↑ "French Olympic Champion Clement Lefert Retires.".
- 1 2 "Clement Lefert Profile - University of Southern California Official Athletic Site". Usctrojans.com. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ↑ Jul 29 8:38p by Avinash Kunnath. "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.
- ↑ "Two more Olympic swimming medals for Pac-12 > Pac12 > News-London". Pac-10.org. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ↑ Légion d'Honneur: Aschieri, Muffat et Agnel dans la promo du 1er janvier Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine. - nicematin.com
See also
- – University of Southern California athlete profile at USCTrojans.com
- – BBC Olympics athlete profile and statistics
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