1. Yannick Agnel was born on 9 June 1992 and is a French former competitive swimmer who specialized in freestyle events, and is a three-time Olympic medalist.
23 Facts About Yannick Agnel
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Yannick Agnel is the current world record holder in the 400-meter freestyle, the European record holder in the 800-meter freestyle, and the national record holder in the 200- and 400-meter freestyle.
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Yannick Agnel was born in Nimes in 1992, the son of a nurse and a director of human resources.
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Yannick Agnel was named after French tennis player Yannick Noah.
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Yannick Agnel began swimming at the age of eight after a neighbor spotted his talent and urged his parents to enroll him in a swimming club.
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Yannick Agnel later integrated Skema Business School to study business.
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Yannick Agnel is in the prestigious French Grande Ecole Paris-Dauphine IX.
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At the 2009 European Junior Swimming Championships, Yannick Agnel won the 200- and 400-meter freestyle in European junior record times.
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At the 2010 European Junior Swimming Championships, Yannick Agnel set the French record in the 400-meter freestyle with a time of 3:46.26 to beat Nicolas Rostoucher's record of 3:46.28 en route to winning gold.
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At the 2010 European Aquatics Championships, Yannick Agnel won gold in the 400-meter freestyle setting a new French and championships record.
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At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, Yannick Agnel competed in three events.
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At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Yannick Agnel won a total of three medals: two golds and one silver.
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The next day, Yannick Agnel won his second gold medal in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:43.14, the fastest in French swimming history and 1.79 seconds ahead of silver medal winners Sun Yang and Park Tae-hwan.
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Yannick Agnel had the fastest split time of the field in the final with a time of 1:43.24 as the anchor leg.
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On 15 November 2012, Yannick Agnel broke his first world record in the 400-meter freestyle with a time of 3:32.25 during the first day of the French short course nationals in Angers.
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At the 2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Chartres held a week after the French nationals, Yannick Agnel won a total of three medals: two gold and one bronze.
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At year's end, Yannick Agnel was named the European Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World Magazine.
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In 2013, Yannick Agnel was made a Knight of the Legion d'honneur.
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At the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Yannick Agnel competed only in three events.
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Two days later, Yannick Agnel added his second gold medal in the 200 m freestyle with a time of 1:44.20, finishing ahead of silver medalist and his training partner Conor Dwyer by 1.07 seconds.
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The move proved to be un-successful as at the 2014 European Championship, Yannick Agnel was out of form and could only secure a bronze medal in the 200m freestyle.
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At the Rio Olympics, Yannick Agnel failed to go past the heats of the 200m freestyle.
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Yannick Agnel announced his retirement from competitive swimming soon after.