Franck Esposito (born 13 April 1971 in Salon-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône)^[1] is a former World Record holding, and four-time Olympic, butterfly swimmer from France. He swam for France at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics; and won the bronze medal in the 200 Butterfly at the 1992 Olympics.^[2] During his career, he set the short course World Record in the 200 fly four times.

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Franck Espostio

Personal information
Nickname	Titou
Nationality	France
Born	(1971-04-13) 13 April 1971 (age 53) Salon-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly
Club	CN Antibes
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  France Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona 200 m butterfly World Championships (LC) 1998 Perth 200 m butterfly World Championships (SC) 1993 Palma 200 m butterfly European Championships (LC) 1991 Athens 200 m butterfly 1997 Seville 200 m butterfly 1999 Istanbul 200 m butterfly 2002 Berlin 200 m butterfly 1993 Sheffield 200 m butterfly 2002 Berlin 4×100m medley 2004 Madrid 100 m butterfly 2004 Madrid 4×100m medley 1997 Seville 100 m butterfly European Championships (SC) 2003 Dublin 200 m butterfly Mediterranean Games 1993 Narbonne 200 m butterfly 1997 Bari 100 m butterfly 1997 Bari 200 m butterfly 2001 Tunis 100 m butterfly 2001 Tunis 200 m butterfly

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He won a total number of four European titles in long course, starting from 1991. Esposito broke the world record in the 200 m butterfly (short course) four times.

At the 1991 World Championships, he lowered the French Record in the long course 200 Fly for the first time (1:59.00). He subsequently bettered the record six more times, and as of 2013 still holds the record at 1:54.62 which he swam at the 2002 French Championships (at the time, also a European Record).^[3] He also held the French Record in the long course 100 fly from August 1993 – April 2008.^[4]

• Franck Esposito