Clément Lefert (born 26 September 1987 in

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...

) is a retired French Olympic champion in swimming. He won a gold medal at the

London 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in the 4 × 100 meters freestyle relay, with teammates

Amaury Leveaux Amaury Raymond Leveaux (born 2 December 1985) is a French swimmer from Belfort. Leveaux is a former world record holder in the 100 m freestyle (short course – 44.94 sec), the 50 m freestyle (short course – 20.48 sec), and the 50 m butterfl ...

Fabien Gilot Fabien Pierre Aurélien Dominique Gilot (born 27 April 1984) is a French Olympic and world champion swimmer. Early life Gilot was born in Denain, France, to Michel and Yveline Gilot. He started by playing water polo, before switching to swimmi ...

, and

Yannick Agnel Yannick Agnel (born 9 June 1992) is a French former competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle events, and is a three-time Olympic medalist. In his Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he won gold in the 200-meter freesty ...

, besting the American relay team that included

Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American former competitive swimmer. He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold me ...

. He also won a silver medal in the 4 x 200 meters freestyle relay. Lefert is an economics major at the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...

(USC), and holds USC's record in the 200 yard freestyle (1:33.67). On 1 January 2013, Lefert was made a Knight (Chevalier) of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon, ...

.Légion d'Honneur: Aschieri, Muffat et Agnel dans la promo du 1er janvier
– nicematin.com After finishing his higher education studies, he started as a trader in a commodities trading company in London.

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BBC Olympics athlete profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lefert, Clement 1987 births Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur French male butterfly swimmers Living people Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic swimmers of France Sportspeople from Nice Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics USC Trojans men's swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Universiade silver medalists for France Universiade bronze medalists for France Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade French male freestyle swimmers

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