Jean Charles Émile Taris (6 July 1909 – 10 January 1977) was a French swimmer who competed at the

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

and

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. In 1928, he was eliminated in the heats of the 4×200 m freestyle relay and 1500 m freestyle. In 1932 he won a silver medal in the 400 m freestyle, 0.1 seconds behind

Buster Crabbe Clarence Linden Crabbe II (; February 7, 1908 – April 23, 1983), known professionally as Buster Crabbe, was an American two-time Olympic swimmer and film and television actor. He won the 1932 Olympic gold medal for 400-meter freestyle swimmi ...

, and finished sixth in the 1500 m freestyle. In 1936 he placed fourth in the 4×200 m freestyle relay and sixth in the 400 m freestyle. Taris was the subject of

Jean Vigo Jean Vigo (; 26 April 1905 – 5 October 1934) was a French film director who helped establish poetic realism in film in the 1930s. His work influenced French New Wave cinema of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Biography Vigo was born to Emil ...

's short film ''

Jean Taris, Swimming Champion ''Jean Taris, Swimming Champion'' (french: La Natation par Jean Taris, champion de France or ''Taris, roi de l'eau'' or ''Taris, champion de natation'') is a 1931 French short documentary film directed by Jean Vigo, about the French swimmer Jean ...

'' in 1930. He won two European titles in 1934, and finished second in the 400 m freestyle in 1931, 0.2 seconds behind

István Bárány István Bárány (20 December 1907 – 21 February 1995) was a Hungarian swimmer who competed at the 1924, 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he was twelfth in the 100 m freestyle. Four years later he won a silver medal in 100& ...

. In 1984 he was inducted into the

International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests and serving as the central point for the stu ...

. During his career Taris set 7 world and 49 national records, and won 34 national titles. He won the

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river 8 km race four times.

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1909 births 1977 deaths Sportspeople from Versailles, Yvelines French male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of France Swimmers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for France World record setters in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming {{France-swimming-bio-stub

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