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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.

Franck Espostio

Personal information
Nickname(s)	Titou
Nationality	France
Born	(1971-04-13) 13 April 1971 (age 51) Salon-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly
Club	CN Antibes
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  France Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona 200 m butterfly World Championships (LC) 1998 Perth 200 m butterfly World Championships (SC) 1993 Palma 200 m butterfly European Championships (LC) 1991 Athens 200 m butterfly 1997 Seville 200 m butterfly 1999 Istanbul 200 m butterfly 2002 Berlin 200 m butterfly 1993 Sheffield 200 m butterfly 2002 Berlin 4×100m medley 2004 Madrid 100 m butterfly 2004 Madrid 4×100m medley 1997 Seville 100 m butterfly European Championships (SC) 2003 Dublin 200 m butterfly Mediterranean Games 1993 Narbonne 200 m butterfly 1997 Bari 100 m butterfly 1997 Bari 200 m butterfly 2001 Tunis 100 m butterfly 2001 Tunis 200 m butterfly

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

• Franck Esposito

References

External links

• Personal website: www.franckesposito.fr

Records
Preceded by - 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 Danyon Loader Denis Pankratov Thomas Rupprath Nikolay Skvortsov

На других языках

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[de] Franck Esposito

Franck Esposito (* 13. April 1971 in Salon-de-Provence) ist ein ehemaliger französischer Schwimmer.

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- [en] Franck Esposito

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[fr] Franck Esposito

Franck Esposito, né le 13 avril 1971 à Salon-de-Provence, est un ancien nageur français, reconverti entraineur.

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[it] Franck Esposito

Franck Esposito (Salon-de-Provence, 13 aprile 1971) è un ex nuotatore francese.

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[ru] Эспозито, Франк

Франк Эспозито́ (фр. Franck Esposito: род. 13 апреля 1971 года, Салон-де-Прованс) — французский пловец в стиле баттерфляй, бронзовый призёр Олимпийских игр 1992 года, многократный чемпион Европы и Средиземноморских игр. Известен под прозвищем «Титу».

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