Julien Nicolardot (born 13 December 1981) is a French swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[2] He is a member of Mulhouse Olympic Natation in Mulhouse, and is coached and trained by Lionel Horter.[1]

Julien Nicolardot
Personal information
Full nameJulien Nicolardot
National team France
Born (1981-12-13) 13 December 1981 (age 42)
Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubMulhouse Olympic Natation[1]
CoachLionel Horter[1]

Nicolardot competed as a lone French swimmer in the men's 200 m breaststroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He fired off a scintillating 2:13.36 to immediately punch his ticket to Beijing at the French Championships in Dunkirk, bettering the insurmountable FINA A-standard (2:13.70) by more than a third (0.33) of a second.[3] Swimming on the outside in heat four, Nicolardot headed into the final lap with Austria's Hunor Mate and Kazakhstan's Yevgeniy Ryzhkov racing against each other in a sprint finish for the top three spot, but faded nearly to fifth with a steady 2:12.44, nearly a second faster than his entry time. Nicolardot failed to advance to the semifinals, as he placed twenty-eighth overall out of fifty-three swimmers in the prelims.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "France Olympique Profile – Julien Nicolardot" (in French). French Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Julien Nicolardot". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  3. ^ "French Olympic Trials: Malia Metella Breaks National Record in 100 Free; Alain Bernard Leads Strong French Sprint Corps". Swimming World Magazine. 24 April 2008. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 4". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
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