Vladimir Latocha (born August 15, 1973 in Paris) is a retired male

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 from France, who represented his native country at the

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in Atlanta, Georgia. There he ended up in ninth place in the men's 100 metres breaststroke event, clocking 1:02.28 in the B-Final. He ended his career shortly after these Olympics, totalling 8 national titles and 5 national records. He then focused on a Ph.D. in applied mathematics under Pierre Degond's supervision. After a two years postdoctoral fellowship at

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, he was recruited as an assistant professor in the mathematics department of the Faculté des Sciences et Technologies in Nancy, France, where he is still working. In parallel, he followed his interest in bodymind modalities and trained to be a practitioner of the Feldenkrais method in Paris (2005-2009) and Somatic Experiencing in London (2016-18). After having recorded numerous Feldenkrai
workshops in French
on various topics, his most recent projects tend to focus on swimming and people with high-functioning anxiety.

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1973 births Living people French male breaststroke swimmers Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of France Swimmers from Paris {{France-swimming-bio-stub