Marc-Antoine Olivier (born 18 June 1996) is a French competitive
swimmer who specialises in long-distance open water events.
Career
Olivier's father and brother were both swimmers, which inspired him to take up the sport as well. He began swimming when he was seven in
Denain
Denain (; pcd, Dnain) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Denain had a population of 19,877, on a land area of 11.52 km² (4.448 sq mi).
It is the largest of 47 communes which comprise the Communauté d'agglomération ...
, France, and he began open-water swimming at the age of fifteen. At the
2015 World Aquatics Championships he finished 6th in the
10 km open water, which qualified him for the Olympic marathon.
He won the bronze medal in the 10 km open water marathon at the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
, outtouching
Zu Lijun of China who was recorded in the same time.
He was qualified to represent France at the
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
where he finished 6th.
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1996 births
Living people
French male freestyle swimmers
French male long-distance swimmers
Olympic swimmers for France
Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for France
Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Sportspeople from Nord (French department)
21st-century French people
People from Denain