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]
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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 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "French Olympic Champion Clement Lefert Retires". Archived from the original on 3 February 2013.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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
External links
edit- 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 Olympedia
- Clément Lefert at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French)
