| Name |
Amaury Leveaux |
| Height |
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| Naionality |
Franch |
| Date of Birth |
2-December-1985 |
| Place of Birth |
Belfort, France |
| Famous for |
Swimmer |
Amaury Leveaux is a French swimmer from Belfort. Leveaux is the current world record holder in the 100 m freestyle (short course – 44.94 sec.) ) He also held the 200 m freestyle (long course – 1:46.54) national record.
He was also the world record holder in the 50 m butterfly (short course – 22.18 sec). Up to 2003, Leveaux competed in the junior categories, and won the title of runner-up in the 100 m freestyle and the 100 m butterfly in the European Championships in Glasgow in 2003. Having previously dominated the French junior championships, Leveaux took the silver in the 50 m butterfly event in the French open championship in 2003 held in Saint-Etienne. In 2004, Leveaux won his first gold medal in the French Championships in the 200 m freestyle, while also taking the silver in the 100 m freestyle event. He was later chosen to join the French national swimming squad for the European Championships held in Madrid, where he helped the French relay team win the bronze medal in the 4×100 and 4×200 m freestyle events. In the individual 200 m freestyle event, Leveaux came in fifth, breaking his first French record with 1 min 48.80 seconds.
Three months later, Leveaux competed on the relay team in the Athens games, in the 4×100 et 4×200 m freestyle events. Although the team failed to qualify for the final in the 4×100 m, the team came in seventh place in the 4×200 m. Leveaux became the French runner-up in the 100 m freestyle in 2005, and participated in the World Championships in Montréal in July. He qualified for the final, but came in at eighth place. In 2006, he became national champion in the 100 m butterfly and European runner-up – he came in behind the Ukrainian Andriy Serdinov in Budapest.
