Gilles Rondy (born 4 September 1981 in Brest, France)[1] is an Olympic and European Champion swimmer from France. He swam for France at the 2008 Olympics, and won the 2006 European Championships in the 25 km open water event.[2]

Gilles Rondy
Personal information
Nationality France
Born (1981-09-04) 4 September 1981 (age 42)
Brest, France
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Men's Swimming
Representing  France
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2002 Berlin 25 km open water
Gold medal – first place 2006 Budapest 25 km open water

He has also swum the English Channel on 9 September 2004 in a time of 7 h 54 mins.[3]

He was a member of the 2008 French Olympic team, swimming the 10 km race in Beijing.

References edit

  1. ^ Rondy's bio/results page from the 2008 Olympics website; retrieved 2009-08-15.
  2. ^ Rondy gets 25km swimming Euro-title for France Archived 2012-10-01 at the Wayback Machine. Published by MonstersandCritics.com on 2006-07-29; retrieved 2009-08-15.
  3. ^ Channel Swimming - Successful Swim by Gilles Rondy (2004) from www.doverlife.co.uk; retrieved 2009-08-15.