antibes - Alain Bernard
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He also finished third in the 50 m freestyle final behind CĂ©sar Cielo Filho of Brazil and Amaury Leveaux of France,
antibes Alain Bernard making it the first time in Olympic history that France had produced two medallists in a swimming final.
He has a
antibes whale tattoo on his right hip.
1896: Alfréd Hajós | 1904: antibes (100 yards) Zoltán Halmay | 1906: Charles Daniels | 1908: Charles Daniels | 1912: Duke Kahanamoku | 1920: Duke Kahanamoku | 1924: Johnny Weissmuller | 1928: Johnny Weissmuller
antibes Cliff Young Australian 6-day race | 1932: Yasuji Miyazaki | 1936: Ferenc CsĂk | 1948: Walter Ris | 1952: Clarke Scholes | 1956: Jon Henricks | 1960: antibes John Devitt | 1964: Don Schollander | 1968: Michael Wenden | 1972: Mark Spitz | 1976: Jim Montgomery | 1980: Jörg Woithe | 1984: Rowdy Gaines | 1988: Matt Biondi | 1992: Alexander Popov | 1996: Alexander Popov | 2000: Pieter van den Hoogenband | 2004: Pieter van den Hoogenband antibes | 2008: Alain Bernard
1987: Jörg Woithe (GDR) • 1989: Vladimir Tkacenko (URS) • 1991: Nils Rudolph (GER) • 1993: Alexander Popov (RUS) • 1995: Alexander Popov (RUS) • 1997: Alexander Popov (RUS) • 1999: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) • 2000: Alexander Popov (RUS) • 2002: Bartosz Kizierowski (POL) • 2004: Alexander Popov (RUS) • 2006: Bartosz Kizierowski (POL) • 2008: antibes Alain Bernard (FRA)
1926: István Bárány (HUN) • 1927: Arne Borg (SWE) • 1931: István Bárány (HUN) • 1934: Ferenc CsĂk (HUN) • 1938: Kees Hoving (NED) • 1947: Alexandre Jany (FRA) • 1950: Alexandre Jany (FRA) • 1954: Imre NyĂ©ki (HUN) • 1958: Paolo Pucci (ITA) • 1962: Alain Gottvallès (FRA) • 1966: Bob McGregor (GBR) • 1970: Michel Rousseau (FRA) • antibes 1974: Peter Nocke (FRG) • 1977: Peter Nocke (FRG) • 1981: Per Johansson (SWE) • 1983: Per Johansson (SWE) • 1985: StĂ©phan Caron (FRA) • 1987: Sven Lodziewski (GDR) • 1989: Giorgio Lamberti (ITA) • 1991: Alexander Popov (URS) • 1993: Alexander Popov (RUS) • 1995: Alexander Popov (RUS) • 1997: Alexander Popov (RUS) • 1999: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) • antibes 2000: Alexander Popov (RUS) • 2002: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) • 2004: Filippo Magnini (ITA) • 2006: Filippo Magnini (ITA) • 2008: Alain Bernard (FRA)
1996: Lars Conrad (GER) • 1998: Lars Frölander (SWE) • 1999: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) • 2000 – 2001: Stefan Nystrand (SWE) • 2002: Lorenzo Vismara (ITA) • 2003: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) • 2004: Frédérick Bousquet (FRA) • 2005 – 2006: Filippo Magnini (ITA) • 2007: Alain Bernard (FRA) • 2008 – 2009: Amaury Leveaux (FRA)
1996: Germany (Conrad, Tröger, Nolte, Smollich) • 1998: Netherlands (Veens, Kenkhuis, Aartsen, Van den Hoogenband) • 1999: Sweden (Andersson, Frölander, Nystrand, Carlsson) • 2000: Sweden (Dahl, Nystrand, Frölander, Andersson) • 2001: Ukraine (Sylantyev, Volynets, Lisogor, Shyrshov) • 2002: Netherlands (Kenkhuis, Damen, Holst, Veens) • 2003: Netherlands (Veens, Kenkhuis, Damen, Van den Hoogenband) • 2004: France (Maitre, Bernard, Barnier, Bousquet) • 2005: Netherlands (Veens, Zastrow, Damen, Kenkhuis) • 2006: Sweden (Nystrand, Stymne, Piehl, Tilly) • 2007: Sweden (Stymne, Piehl, Nylin, Nystrand) • 2008: France (Bernard, Gilot, Leveaux, Bousquet) • 2009: France (Leveaux, Stravius, Maitre, Bousquet)
1959: Great Britain: Unknown • 1961: Japan: Unknown • 1963: Japan: Unknown • 1965: USA: (Roth, Saari, Dilley, Ilman) • 1967: USA: (Walsh, Havens, Charlton, Zorn) • 1970: USA: (Havens, McConica, O Mallay, Heckl) • 1973: USA: (Elliot, Tietre, Anderson, Knox) • 1977: USA: (Coan, Lambert, Curington, Ebuna) • 1979: Not Held • 1981: USA: (Spencer, Schmidt, Goodridge, Kirschner) • 1983: Soviet Union: • 1985: USA: (McCadam, Born, Oppel, Biondi) • 1987: USA: (Hansen, Kerska, Williams, Thomas) • 1991: USA: (Anderson, Davis, Hansen, Towne) • 1993: USA: (Kurza, Pepper, Picotte, Fox) • 1995: USA: (Schumacher, Tucker, Gumbril, Davis) • 1997: USA: (Newman, Esway, Lezak, Jones) • 1999: Australia: (Goudie, Upton, Wyllie, Pine) • 2001: Great Britain: (Kidd, Scotcher, Cozens, Belk) • 2003: Great Britain: (Cozens, Scotcher, Davenport, Kidd) • 2005: France: (Galavtine, Bodet, Madelaine, Bernard) • 2007: USA: (McGinnis, Grevers, Lundquist, Ritter) • 2009: USA: (Copeland, Brady, Mcginnis, Robison)
. However, he rebounded to win the gold medal in the men s 100 metre freestyle final, in which Lezak tied for the bronze.
He had already beaten the world record the previous day, finishing in 47.60 seconds in the semi-finals. Bernard, who was given a lead going into the anchor leg of slightly less than a bodylength, was caught in the final strokes by Jason Lezak, whose anchor leg of 46.06 seconds was the fastest relay leg in history.
The close defeat left Bernard wounded, according to his coach .
Bernard has won three medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Bernard became only the second Frenchman to win a gold medal in swimming, after Jean Boiteux, who won the 400 m freestyle at the 1952 Helsinki Games.
After competing on the silver medal-winning French 4Ă—100 m relay team, Bernard won the gold medal in the men s 100 m freestyle event.
He held the same 100 m freestyle world record after winning the European LC Championships 2008 final in a time of 47.50 seconds on 22 March 2008. Alain Bernard (born 1 May 1983) is a French swimmer from Aubagne, Bouches-du-RhĂ´ne.
That s what we came here for. He and his team ended up in second place behind the American team by .08 seconds. On 23 March Bernard lowered the 50 m freestyle world record to a time of 21.50 but only held the record for four days before being bettered by Australian Eamon Sullivan.
At the French Championships, Bernard qualified for the Olympic Games in Beijing in the 50 m freestyle (with a time of 21.69 s) and 100 m freestyle (47.82 s).
Before the 400 m freestyle relay against the Americans, he was quoted by a reporter as saying, The Americans? We re going to smash them.
