Ludovic Depickère (born 29 July 1969) is a retired

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and freestyle

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from

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, who represented his native country at three consecutive

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, starting in 1988. He was affiliated with a club called Dauphins Wattrelos.

References

* * 1969 births Living people French male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for France People from Wattrelos Swimmers from Nord (French department) French male butterfly swimmers Competitors at the 1997 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-swimming-bio-stub