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In the 2008 Summer Olympics, Manaudou was unable to recapture her form from the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. After starting strong and holding the lead at the 200-meter mark, she finished last (eighth) in the 400 m freestyle final with a finishing time of 4:11.26. After the defeat Manaudou admitted giving up during the race after struggling to keep up. She then finished seventh in the 100 m backstroke final. In her final hope for a medal, in the 200 m backstroke, she finished last in her semifinal heat and was eliminated. On 17 September 2009, at 22 years of age, Manaudou announced through the newspaper Le Parisien her retirement from competitive swimming. She was quoted as saying, "It came to me little by little. I didn’t make it on impulse. It has matured slowly.” The weekly magazine Paris Match ran a cover story on Manaudou in its 5–11 April 2007 issue. From 2001–2007, Manaudou was coached by Philippe Lucas. She competed for the Melun-Dammarie club until 2006, when she moved to Canet-en-Roussillon. On 6 August it was reported that Manaudou had been removed from her French-based team. The split is said to have been triggered by a fallout between Manaudou and LaPresse Nuoto club chief executive Paolo Penso. Penso is believed to have questioned Manaudou's attitude to training (Reuters/L'Equipe). Manaudou won four medals in the European Championships of 2007, despite reported conflicts between her and Luca Marin, her French ex-boyfriend. On April 2, 2010, she and her boyfriend, Frédérick Bousquet, also a professional swimmer, welcomed their first child, daughter Manon. TAGS: Add Comment
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Laure Manaudou (born 9 October 1986 in Villeurbanne, Rhone) is a French Olympic, world and European champion swimmer. She is the daughter of a French father and a Dutch mother.
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