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French swimmer
Camille Lacourt
National team
France Born (1985-04-22 ) 22 April 1985 (age 39)
Narbonne , France Height 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
[1] Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
[1] Sport
Swimming Strokes
Backstroke Club CN Marseille
Camille Lacourt (French pronunciation:
[kamij lakuʁ] ; born 22 April 1985) is a retired French competitive
swimmer and
backstroke specialist. He won the 50 metre backstroke at three consecutive
world championships (
2013 Barcelona ,
2015 Kazan , and
2017 Budapest ). He competed at the
2012 Olympics in the
100 metre backstroke and finished fourth. In the
2016 Rio Olympics , he finished fifth in the
same event .
Swimming career
2010: breakthrough year
Lacourt collected three gold medal at the
European Championships . He became European Champion in the 100 m backstroke (long course) ahead of compatriot
Jérémy Stravius in a time of 52.11.
[2] This time was a new European record and the second fastest time ever, second to
Aaron Peirsol 's 51.94 from 2009. He collected the 50 m backstroke title in a time of 24.07, also bumping him up to the second fastest performer of all time in that event. On the final night, he collected gold in the 4 × 100 m medley relay.
[3]
Following years
Lacourt collected a series of medals at the World Championships in the following years: one gold and one silver in
2011 in
Shanghai , two gold in
2013 in
Barcelona , and one of each medal in
2015 in
Kazan . He finished 4th in the
100 metre backstroke at the
2012 Summer Olympics and failed to win any medals. After missing the
2014 European Championships due to a hip injury, he won two golds at the
2016 European Championships .[
citation needed ]
Lacourt failed to win any medals at the
2016 Summer Olympics . Following his 5th-place finish in the
100 meter backstroke , Lacourt made international news after criticizing the sport of swimming and making disparaging remarks about Chinese swimmer
Sun Yang . In a post-race interview with French radio station
RMCsport , Lacourt said: "I am very sad when I see my sport getting like this. I have the impression I am looking at athletics, with two or three doped in each final. I hope that
FINA is going to react and stop this massacre, because it is getting sad," and finished with "Sun Yang, he pisses purple!"
[4]
[5] After being defeated by another Chinese swimmer,
Xu Jiayu , who won the silver medal in the 100 meter backstroke, Lacourt said, "I don't like being beaten by a Chinese."
[6]
[7]
Lacourt won his third consecutive gold medal in the
50 m backstroke at the
2017 World Championships . He then announced his retirement later in 2017.
[8]
Personal life
Lacourt was married to
Valérie Bègue , who won Miss France 2008. He is the father of a girl, Jazz, born in October 2012.[
citation needed ] Lacourt and Bègue divorced in 2016.
[9]
Personal bests (long course)
Lacourt in 2012
Event
Time
Date
50 m backstroke
24.07
NR
12 August 2010
100 m backstroke
52.11
ER
10 August 2010
200 m backstroke
2:00.57
7 April 2010
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