France at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

France at the
2025 World Aquatics Championships
France at the; 2025 World Aquatics Championships
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World Aquatics code	FRA
National federation	French Swimming Federation
Website	www.ffnatation.fr (in French)
in Singapore
Competitors	68 in 6 sports
Medals ; Ranked 7th	Gold4Silver1Bronze5Total10
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Last updated August 08, 2025

France competed at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore from July 11 to August 3, 2025.

Medalists

Name	Sport	Event	Date
Maxime Grousset	Swimming	Men's 50 metre butterfly	28 July 2025
Léon Marchand	Swimming	Men's 200 metre individual medley	31 July 2025
Maxime Grousset	Swimming	Men's 100 metre butterfly	2 August 2025
Léon Marchand	Swimming	Men's 400 metre individual medley	3 August 2025
Yohann Ndoye-Brouard Léon Marchand Maxime Grousset Yann Le Goff Jérémie Delbois Clément Secchi	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay	3 August 2025
Marc-Antoine Olivier	Open water swimming	Men's 5 km	18 July 2025
Marc-Antoine Olivier	Open water swimming	Men's 3 km knockout sprints	19 July 2025
Yohann Ndoye-Brouard	Swimming	Men's 100 metre backstroke	29 July 2025
Yohann Ndoye-Brouard	Swimming	Men's 200 metre backstroke	1 August 2025
Maxime Grousset Yann Le Goff Marie Wattel Béryl Gastaldello Rafael Fente-Damers Albane Cachot	Swimming	Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	2 August 2025

Competitors

The following is the list of competitors in the Championships.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	0	11	11
Diving	2	4	6
High diving	1	1	2
Open water swimming	4	3	7
Swimming	18	9	27
Water polo	0	15	15
Total	25	43	68

Artistic swimming

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Romane Temessek	Solo technical routine	236.9400	9 Q	239.7925	8
Anastasia Bayandina Romane Lunel	Duet technical routine	284.6158	6 Q	254.9667	11
Laëlys Alavez Romane Lunel	Duet free routine	252.6575	5 Q	257.9033	5

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Laëlys Alavez Angéline Bertinelli Jeanne Clair Ambre Esnault Claudia Janvier Romane Lunel Romane Temessek Lou Thuillier	Team technical routine	249.3725	8 Q	270.3816	8
Laëlys Alavez Anastasia Bayandina Angéline Bertinelli Ambre Esnault Laura González Claudia Janvier Romane Lunel Eve Planeix	Team acrobatic routine	190.5908	10 Q	211.2587	6

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Gwendal Bisch	1 m springboard	332.55	21	—		Did not advance
Gwendal Bisch	3 m springboard	354.70	30	Did not advance
Jules Bouyer	1 m springboard	370.15	5 Q	—		390.15	5
Jules Bouyer	3 m springboard	404.80	9 Q	407.75	9 Q	478.30	5
Gwendal Bisch Jules Bouyer	3 m synchro springboard	370.05	9	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jade Gillet	10 m platform	246.35	24	Did not advance
Naïs Gillet	1 m springboard	251.45	7 Q	—		233.10	12
Naïs Gillet	3 m springboard	259.55	22	Did not advance
Emily Hallifax	10 m platform	228.10	30	Did not advance
Juliette Landi	1 m springboard	209.75	35	—		Did not advance
Juliette Landi	3 m springboard	234.35	32	Did not advance

High diving

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Gary Hunt	Men's high diving	375.30	6
Madeleine Bayon	Women's high diving	232.90	14

Open water swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Logan Fontaine	Men's 3 km knockout sprints	17:08.9	6 Q	11:30.8	6 Q	6:07.2	6
Marc-Antoine Olivier	Men's 3 km knockout sprints	17:05.0	4 Q	11:29.2	4 Q	5:51.1
	Men's 5 km	—				57:30.4
	Men's 10 km	—				Did not finish
Sacha Velly	Men's 5 km	—				58:37.5	19
Jules Wallart	Men's 10 km	—				2:05:46.9	26

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Clémence Coccordano	Women's 3 km knockout sprints	18:35.5	3 Q	12:13.1	11	Did not advance
Inès Delacroix	Women's 5 km	—				1:03:10.5	9
Inès Delacroix	Women's 10 km	—				2:09:44.7	12
Caroline Jouisse	Women's 3 km knockout sprints	18:35.8	5 Q	12:23.7	18	Did not advance
	Women's 5 km	—				1:04:06.5	12
	Women's 10 km	—				Did not finish

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Clémence Coccordano Marc-Antoine Olivier Inès Delacroix Logan Fontaine	Team relay	1:09:24.7	4

Swimming

France entered 27 swimmers.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Aubry	400 m freestyle	3:49.13	23	—		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	7:54.83	16			Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:03.32	11			Did not advance
Nikita Baez	50 m freestyle	22.06	22	Did not advance
Rafael Fente-Damers	100 m freestyle	48.33	16 Q	48.38	16	Did not advance
Pierre Goudeneche	50 m breaststroke	Disqualified		Did not advance
Maxime Grousset	50 m freestyle	Did not start		Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	47.84	5 Q	47.39	5 Q	47.59	7
	50 m butterfly	22.74	1 Q	22.61 NR	1 Q	22.48 NR
	100 m butterfly	51.36	11 Q	50.25	3 Q	49.62 ER
Antoine Herlem	200 m backstroke	1:56.58	8 Q	1:57.45	16	Did not advance
Damien Joly	1500 m freestyle	14:51.06	8 Q	—		15:19.06	8
Léon Marchand	200 m individual medley	1:57.63	1 Q	1:52.69 WR	1 Q	1:53.68
Léon Marchand	400 m individual medley	4:13.19	7 Q	—		4:04.73
Yohann Ndoye-Brouard	100 m backstroke	52.30	1 Q	52.47	7 Q	51.92 NR
Yohann Ndoye-Brouard	200 m backstroke	1:56.82	13 Q	1:54.47 NR	2 Q	1:54.62
Clément Secchi	100 m butterfly	51.58	16 Q	51.23	13	Did not advance
Mewen Tomac	100 m backstroke	53.07	10 Q	53.15	12	Did not advance
Antoine Viquerat	50 m breaststroke	27.18	14 Q	26.93 NR 27.27	8 S/off 2	Did not advance
Rafael Fente-Damers Nans Mazellier Ethan Dumesnil Yann Le Goff	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:12.929	11	—		Did not advance
Roman Fuchs Yann Le Goff Rafael Fente-Damers Léon Marchand Corentin Pouillart (heat)	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:06.88	8 Q	—		7:03.69	6
Yohann Ndoye-Brouard Léon Marchand Maxime Grousset Yann Le Goff Jérémie Delbois (heat) Clément Secchi (heat)	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:32.35	7 Q	—		3:27.96 NR

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Béryl Gastaldello	50 m freestyle	24.53	6 Q	24.64	13	Did not advance
Béryl Gastaldello	100 m freestyle	53.56	5 Q	53.36	6 Q	53.30	6
Anastasiya Kirpichnikova	400 m freestyle	4:13.92	19	—		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:28.97	11			Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	16:06.97	7 Q			15:57.40	5
Pauline Mahieu	100 m backstroke	1:00.48	14 Q	59.56 59.28	8 S/off 1 Q	59.48	6
Pauline Mahieu	200 m backstroke	2:12.33	24	Did not advance
Mary-Ambre Moluh	50 m backstroke	27.93	13 Q	27.63	9	Did not advance
Mary-Ambre Moluh	100 m backstroke	59.47	7 Q	59.35	7 Q	59.60	8
Analia Pigrée	50 m freestyle	24.93	17	Did not advance
Analia Pigrée	50 m backstroke	27.73	6 Q	27.52	6 Q	27.47	7
Lilou Ressencourt	100 m butterfly	58.52	19	Did not advance
Lilou Ressencourt	200 m butterfly	2:09.86	13 Q	2:10.87	15	Did not advance
Béryl Gastaldello Marina Jehl Albane Cachot Marie Wattel	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:35.76	5 Q	—		3:34.62 NR	5

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maxime Grousset Yann Le Goff Marie Wattel Béryl Gastaldello Rafael Fente-Damers (heat) Albane Cachot (heat)	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:24.21	2 Q	3:21.35 NR
Mewen Tomac Jérémie Delbois Marie Wattel Albane Cachot	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:44.31	9	Did not advance

Water polo

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semi-final	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
France	Women's tournament	Great Britain L 9–12	Spain L 6–23	South Africa W 13–6	3 P/Off	Greece L 9–23	—	China L 6–18	Great Britain L 9–14	12

Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is French roster.^[3]^[4]

Head coach: Lucas Heurtier

1 Pasiphaé Martineaud Peret GK
2 Lara Andres FP
3 Jade Boughrara FP
4 Elhyne Kilic-Pegourie FP
5 Erica Hardy FP
6 Lily Vernoux FP
7 Emma Duflos FP
8 Valentine Heurtaux FP
9 Ema Vernoux FP
10 Lou Jean-Michel FP
11 Tiziana Raspo FP
12 Camille Radosavljevic FP
13 Eszter Lefebvre GK
14 Arianna Banchi FP
15 Myriam Ouchache FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	62	17	+45	9	Quarterfinals
2	Great Britain	3	2	1	31	28	+3	6	Playoffs
3	France	3	1	2	28	41	−13	3	Playoffs
4	South Africa	3	0	3	13	48	−35	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: Omegatiming
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

11 July 2025 13:45	Report	France	9–12	Great Britain	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Megan Rose Perry (NZL)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 0–3, 2–5, 3–1
		Vernoux 4	Goals	Brown, Turner 3

13 July 2025 16:00	Report	Spain	23–6	France	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Fiona Haigh (AUS)
		Score by quarters:6–3, 5–2, 6–0, 6–1
		Ruiz 4	Goals	Vernoux 2

15 July 2025 12:10	Report	South Africa	6–13	France	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Megan Perry (NZL), Mihai Balanescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–3, 3–3, 0–3
		Banks 2	Goals	Hardy, Heurtaux 3

Playoffs

17 July 2025 19:10	Report	Greece	23–9	France	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Dasch Barber (RSA), Marcella Braga (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 4–3, 8–0, 7–2
		Tricha 5	Goals	Heurtaux 4

9–12th place semifinals

19 July 2025 12:10	Report	China	18–6	France	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Fiona Haigh (AUS), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–0, 7–2, 5–2
		Yan S. 4	Goals	Vernoux 3

Eleventh place game

21 July 2025 09:00	Report	France	9–14	Great Britain	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Fiona Haigh (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–4, 2–4, 3–4
		Vernoux 3	Goals	Rogers, Turner 3

References

↑ "Competition athletes". World Aquatics . Retrieved 30 July 2025.
↑ "Entries Book" (PDF). Omega Timing. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
↑ "Women's Water Polo Team Roster FRA" (PDF). Omega Timing. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
↑ "Women's Water Polo Team Roster FRA (2)" (PDF). Omega Timing. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.

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[1] "Competition athletes". World Aquatics . Retrieved 30 July 2025.

[2] "Entries Book" (PDF). Omega Timing. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.

[3] "Women's Water Polo Team Roster FRA" (PDF). Omega Timing. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.

[4] "Women's Water Polo Team Roster FRA (2)" (PDF). Omega Timing. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.

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