Frédéric Delcourt (born February 14, 1964) is a French former competition swimmer and

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ist. Delcourt was born in Nord, France. He competed in three events for France at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

in Moscow, Russia, including swimming the

backstroke Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four Swimming (sport), swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disa ...

leg for the fifth-place French men's 4x100-meter medley relay team. Delcourt won the silver medal in the men's 200-meter

event at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

in Los Angeles, California. Delcourt attended the

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in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach

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team in

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(NCAA) competition in 1984.''2008 Florida Gators Swimming & Diving Media Guide''
History
, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 100, 103, 105, 116 (2008). Retrieved September 25, 2010.

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1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Nord (French department) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Florida Gators men's swimmers French male backstroke swimmers Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic swimmers of France Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Swimmers at the 1979 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming 20th-century French people 21st-century French people {{France-swimming-bio-stub

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