Olivier Borios (born 23 June 1959) is a retired

breaststroke Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be s ...

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

from France, who represented his native country 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, Soviet Union. He claimed the gold medal a year earlier at the

1979 Mediterranean Games The 1979 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the VIII Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Split 1979, were the 8th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Split, Yugoslavia, from 15 to 29 September 1979, where 2,408 athletes (2,00 ...

in the Men's 100m Breaststroke event. He has been 10 times national champion of the 100 meters breaststroke (winter and summer 1978, winter and summer 1979, winter and summer 1980, winter and summer 1981, winter and summer 1982) and 9 times national champion of the 200 meters breaststroke (winter and summer 1977, winter and summer 1978, winter 1979, winter and summer 1980, winter and summer 1981). He swam at the EN Castres, at the Cercle des nageurs d'Antibes, at the Racing Club de France and at the Toulouse Athletic Club (TAC), where he currently swims and coaches other swimmers.

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1959 births Living people French male breaststroke swimmers Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for France {{France-swimming-bio-stub Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Swimmers at the 1979 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming 20th-century French sportspeople 21st-century French sportspeople