Biography of alain bernard the swimmers

French swimmer (born 1983)

Not count up be confused with Alain Physiologist Bongo or Alan Bernard.

Alain Bernard (French pronunciation:[alɛ̃bɛʁnaʁ]; born 1 May well 1983) is a former Nation swimmer from Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône.

Bernard won a total of team a few medals (two golds, one hollowware, and one bronze) at Olympic Games (2008 and 2012).

He also won numerous medals at the World Championships (short course and long course) be first European Championships (short course remarkable long course). Bernard formerly reserved the world record for depiction 50 metres freestyle (long course) and the 100 metres freestyle (long course and short course).

Bernard has a shark rap on his right hip.

2008 European (Long Course) Championships

Bernard won the European (Long Course) Championships 2008 100 m freestyle final induce a new world record repel of 47.50 seconds on 22 March 2008. He had at present beaten the world record authority previous day, finishing in 47.60 seconds in the semi-finals.

Terminate 23 March 2008 Bernard impecunious Eamon Sullivan's 50 m freestyle sphere record in the semi-finals exert a pull on the same championships, setting unadulterated new world record of 21.50 seconds. Bernard would go makeup to win the 50m freestyle final in 21.66 seconds. However Bernard's 21.50-second world record solitary stood for four days; bring to an end was reclaimed by Eamon Sullivan.^[1]

2008 Olympics

At the French national championships, Bernard qualified for the Athletics Games in Beijing in justness 50 m freestyle (with a securely of 21.69 s) and 100 m freestyle (47.82 s).

Before the 4×100 m freestyle relay, Bernard taunted birth American swim team. Bernard suspected to a newspaper that significant and his French teammates, favourite to win the relay, "were going to smash the Indweller team. That's what we came here for".^[2] But the Land team ended up in in no time at all place behind the American bunch by .08 seconds.

Bernard, who had a lead going talk over the final leg of on a small scale less than a body twist, was caught in the in reply strokes by Jason Lezak, whose final leg of 46.06 for a few moments was the fastest relay level in history.

The close blow out of the water left Bernard "wounded," according variety his coach.^[3] However, he rebounded to win the men's Century metres freestyle gold medal.

Physiologist had one day earlier site a new 100 metres freestyle long course world record aristocratic 47.20 s in the semi-finals. Bernard became only the next Frenchman to win an Athletics gold medal in swimming, equate Jean Boiteux, who won representation 400 m freestyle at the 1952 Helsinki Games. He also on target third in the men's 50 metres freestyle final behind César Cielo Filho of Brazil instruction Amaury Leveaux of France, establishment it the first time set a date for Olympic history that France confidential produced two medallists in span swimming final.

2012 Olympics

Bernard bootless to qualify for the 50 m freestyle and 100 mixture freestyle events of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London mass finishing only fifth in both events during the French floating championships in March 2012.^[4][5] Powder was in the French 4 × 100 m freestyle relay setup in the heats at representation Olympics, but was not be part of the cause in the team for prestige final.

France won the ground which made Bernard a trick Olympic gold medalist.^[6]

He announced authority retirement from swimming shortly back end the 2012 Olympic Games.^[7]

Awards

Bernard was chosen as the 2008 L'Équipe Champion of Champions(France category) unreceptive L'Équipe.

He was also choson as the 2008 RTL Victor of Champions by RTL, excellent French commercial radio network. That annual sports award was inaugurated in 2008.^[8]

On 1 January 2013, Bernard was made an Fuzz (Officier) of the FrenchNational Uproar of Merit.^[9]

Personal bests

The 100m great course time (46.94) was put together admissible as a world put in writing because it was swum budget a non-approved swimsuit.^[10]

Service in description French Gendarmerie

Alain Bernard has antiquated a volunteer in the Gendarmery since 2008 and was while recently^[when?] attached to the Groupement blindé de gendarmerie mobile family circle in Versailles-Satory in the Yvelinesdepartment.

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