10 Facts About Amaury Leveaux

Amaury Raymond Leveaux was born on 2 December 1985 and is a French swimmer from Delle, Territoire de Belfort.

Amaury Leveaux formerly held the national record in the 200 m freestyle.

Up to 2003, Amaury Leveaux competed in the junior categories, and was runner-up in the 100 m freestyle and the 100 m butterfly in the European Championships in Glasgow in 2003.

Amaury Leveaux was the runner-up in the 100 m freestyle at the 2005 French National Championships, and participated in the World Championships in Montreal in July, he qualified for the final in the 100 m freestyle, but came in at eighth place.

At the French national championships, Amaury Leveaux managed to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 50 m and 200 m freestyle events.

Amaury Leveaux set an Olympic record in the 100 m freestyle in the heats of the relay after leading off.

France finished second in the final and Amaury Leveaux thus won a silver medal.

Later in the week, Amaury Leveaux set an Olympic record in his preliminary 50 m freestyle heat with a time of 21.46 seconds.

At the 2008 European short course championships, Amaury Leveaux broke the world record in the men's 100 m freestyle, recording a time of 44.94 seconds.

Amaury Leveaux won a silver medal in the 200 m freestyle.