Florent Marais

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Florent Marais
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Personal information
Born (2000-07-08) 8 July 2000 (age 24)
Granville, Manche, France
Sport
Sport Swimming
Medal record
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo 100 m backstroke S10

Florent Marais (born 8 July 2000) [1] is a French Paralympic swimmer. In 2021, he won the bronze medal in the men's 100 metre backstroke S10 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. [1] [2]

In 2018, he competed in the men's 100 metre freestyle S10 event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain. [3] He also competed at the 2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships held in Funchal, Portugal. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Swimming Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  2. Houston, Michael (2 September 2021). "United States win women's medley relay to end evening of Paralympics swimming". InsideTheGames.biz . Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. "Men's 100 metre freestyle S10 Final Ranking" (PDF). 2018 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  4. "2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships Results Book" (PDF). Paralympic.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.