Franck Esposito (born 13 April 1971 in Salon-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône) is a former

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holding, and four-time Olympic,

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from

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. He swam for France at the

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and

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Olympics; and won the bronze medal in the 200 Butterfly at the 1992 Olympics. During his career, he set the

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World Record in the 200 fly four times. He won a total number of four European titles in

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, starting from 1991. Esposito broke the

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in the 200 m butterfly (short course) four times. At the 1991 World Championships, he lowered the French Record in the long course 200 Fly for the first time (1:59.00). He subsequently bettered the record six more times, and as of 2013 still holds the record at 1:54.62 which he swam at the 2002 French Championships (at the time, also a European Record). He also held the French Record in the long course 100 fly from August 1993 – April 2008. Record de France de natation messieurs du 100 mètres papillon (trans: French Record progression: men's 100 fly), from French Wikipedia; retrieved 23 June 2013.

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* Personal website
www.franckesposito.fr
{{DEFAULTSORT:Esposito, Franck 1971 births Living people People from Salon-de-Provence French male butterfly swimmers Olympic swimmers of France Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics World record setters in swimming Olympic bronze medalists in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for France Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Swimmers at the 1993 Mediterranean Games Swimmers at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Swimmers at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Goodwill Games medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Bouches-du-Rhône Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games

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