The French Federation (FFN) held a press conference to announce the entire men’s and women’s teams who will wear the Blue, White, and Red of France at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
After only two women and six men achieved the difficult French time standards to compete in individual events in Rio, the National Technical Director (DTN), Jacques Favre, and his committee spent two days deliberating the expansion of the list following the French Elite National Championships and Olympic Selection meet, which ended on Sunday, April 3.
Here is the full list:
Swimmer |
Club Represented |
Qualified Event(s) |
Complementary Event(s) |
| Qualified outright: | |||
| Coralie Balmy | Montpellier Métropole Nat. | 400 free | 200 free, 800 free |
| Charlotte Bonnet | Olympic Nice Natation | 200 free | 100 free |
| Camille Lacourt | CN Marseille | 100 back | |
| Florent Manaudou | CN Marseille | 50 free, 4×100 free | |
| Clément Mignon | CN Marseille | 100 free, 4×100 free | |
| Jérémy Stravius | Amiens Métropole Nat. | 100 free, 4×100 free, 4×200 free | 200 free, 100 fly |
| Qualified outright for a relay, having met French criteria: | |||
| Yannick Agnel | Mulhouse ON | 4×200 free | 200 free |
| Lory Bourelly | Dauphins Toulouse OEC | 4×200 free | |
| Mehdy Metella | CN Marseille | 4×100 free | 100 fly |
| Jordan Pothain | Nautic Club Alp’38 | 4×200 free | 400 free |
| Selected for individual event(s), having met consideration time: | |||
| Béryl Gastaldello | CN Marseille | 100 free | 100 fly |
| Lara Grangeon | CN Calédoniens | 400 IM | 200 fly, 200 IM |
| Mélanie Henique | Amiens Métropole Nat. | 50 free | |
| Fantine Lesaffre | Mulhouse ON | 400 IM | 200 IM |
| Anna Santamans | Olympic Nice Natation | 50 free | |
| Marie Wattel | Olympic Nice Natation | 100 fly | |
| Frédérick Bousquet | CN Marseille | 50 free | |
| Jordan Coelho | Stade de Vanves | 200 fly | |
| Nicolas D’Oriano | Dauphins Toulouse OEC | 1500 free | |
| Damien Joly | CN Antibes | 1500 free | |
| Selected to improve a relay, having met French criteria: | |||
| Fabien Gilot | CN Marseille | 4×100 free | |
| Grégory Mallet | CN Marseille | 4×200 free | |
| William Meynard | CN Marseille | 4×100 free | |
| Selected to complete a relay already qualified by FINA standards: [N.B. in Kazan] | |||
| Mathilde Cini | Valence Triathlon | 4×100 free | |
| Fanny Deberghes | ASPTT Montpellier | 4×100 medley | |
| Margaux Fabre | AS Montpellier | 4×200 free | |
| Cloé Hache | Olympic Nice Natation | 4×200 free | |
| Théo Bussière | CN Marseille | 4×100 medley | |
Charlotte Bonnet not charlotte balmy 😀
Charlotte Bonnet in 200 and 100 free
Yannick Agnel will make the 200 count…..no more training in beach resorts…..hammer time CHAMPION! La vie est belle! Allez les Bleus !!
Their 4×100 Fr relay is going to be tough to beat.
Freddy B. is going to Riooooo!!!!!! Woohoooo
So in the end almost all of French ppl who can.swim are going.
It seems the FFN killed the enthusiasm. It may take years for the French National Team to recover from the horrendous trial cuts.
Wow. Great lineup, but not a single breaststroker!
ANGEL IN THE 200 FREE????
Not the individual. He only made the final
It says the individual ?!
http://swimswam.com/yannick-agnel-given-opportunity-defend-200-free-title-rio/