Franck Schott (born 16 May 1970 in Saint-Paul,

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) is a retired

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and

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from

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, who represented his native country at three consecutive

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, starting in 1988. He won a bronze and a silver medal at the 1991 European Long Course Championships in

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References

* * French male backstroke swimmers French male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for France 1970 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Swimmers at the 1991 Mediterranean Games Swimmers at the 1993 Mediterranean Games Sportsmen from Réunion Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming {{France-swimming-bio-stub