Aldo Eminente (19 August 1931 – 25 August 2021Aldo Eminente, médaillé aux Jeux Olympiques de 1952, est mort
) was a French freestyle

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

and Olympic medalist. He was born in

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French Indochina French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China),; vi, Đông Dương thuộc Pháp, , lit. 'East Ocean under French Control; km, ឥណ្ឌូចិនបារាំង, ; th, อินโดจีนฝรั่งเศส, ...

. He competed at the 1952 Olympic Games in

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, where he received a bronze medal in the 4 x 200 m

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relay with the French swimming team (with Jean Boiteux,

Joseph Bernardo Joseph Bernardo (born 31 May 1929) is a French swimmer and Olympic medalist. He married actress and theater director Simone Turck in 1952. Career Bernardo was born in Algiers, French Algeria. He competed at the 1952 Olympic Games i ...

, and

Alexandre Jany Alexandre Charles Sixte "Alex" Jany (5 January 1929 – 18 July 2001) was a French freestyle swimmer and water polo player. As a swimmer, he competed in 100–400 m events at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics, alongside his sister Ginette Jany-S ...

)."1952 Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Swimming"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 30 August 2008)

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