France Announces 43-Member Team For European Championships
CHARTRES, France, April 14. THE French swimming federation has named its team of 43 men and women who will compete in the European championships in August after a long course nationals that saw few break into the top 10 of the world rankings.
Olympic champions Yannick Agnel, Florent Manaudou and Camille Muffat headline the roster. The powerful backstroke trio of Camille Lacourt, Jeremy Stravius and Eric Ress will also compete in Berlin this summer.
France did not send a particularly strong team to the 2012 European championships, allowing many athletes to skip the meet to focus on the Olympic Games that year. The 2010 edition was largely successful for France, however. Lacourt swam what was then the second-fastest time in history in the 100 backstroke, while Agnel was showing his future potential with a gold in the 400 freestyle.
In 2010, Muffat was making the transition from IM specialist to middle-distance freestyler, and while she’ll still swim the 200 and 400 freestyles, she will also race the sprint freestyles and the 100 butterfly.
France was the top team at the 2010 European championships with 21 medals, while they scored just 14 in 2012.
French roster for European championships, sorted by event:
50 free
Camille Muffat
Anna Santamans
Fabien Gilot
Florent Manaudou
Clement Mignon
Nosy Pelagie
100 free
Charlotte Bonnet
Cloe Hache
Camille Muffat
Anna Santamans
Fabien Gilot
Gregory Mallet
Florent Manaudou
Mehdy Metella
200 free
Coralie Balmy
Charlotte Bonnet
Cloe Hace
Camille Muffat
Yannick Agnel
Lorys Bourelly
Gregory Mallet
Clement Mignon
400 free
Coralie Balmy
Camille Muffat
Yannick Agnel
Joris Bouchaut
Damien Joly
Anthony Pannier
800 free
Coralie Balmy
Joris Bouchaut
Damien Joly
Anthony Pannier
Axel Reymond
1500 free
Julie Berthier
Coralie Codevelle
Aurélie Muller
Morgane Rothon
Joris Bouchaut
Damien Joly
50 back
Mathilde Cini
Beryl Gastaldello
Camille Gheoghiu
Justine Ress
Camille Lacourt
Benjamin Stasiulis
Jeremy Stravius
Eric Ress
100 back
Cloe Credeville
Camille Lacourt
Jeremy Stravius
Benjamin Stasiulis
200 back
Cloe Credeville
Fantine Lesaffre
Eric Ress
Benjamin Stasiulis
50 breast
Coralie Dobral
Florent Manaudou
Giacomo Perez Dortona
100 breast
Charlotte Bonnet
Claire Polit
Quentin Coton
Thomas Dahlia
Giacomo Perez Ortona
200 breast
Coralie Dobral
Thomas Dahlia
Quentin Coton
50 fly
Beryl Gastaldello
Melanie Henique
Anna Santamans
Marie Wattel
Fabien Gilot
Florent Manaudou
Mehdy Metella
Roman Sassot
100 fly
Melanie Henique
Camille Muffat
Marie Wattel
Mehdy Metella
Jeremy Stravius
200 fly
Lara Grangeon
Marie Wattel
Jordan Coelho
Paul Lemaire
Jeremy Stravius
Thomas Vilaceca
200 IM
Charlotte Bonnet
Lara Grangeon
400 IM
Charlotte Bonnet
Lara Grangeon
Quentin Coton