Alain Mosconi

{{short description|French swimmer}}

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| caption = Alain Mosconi at the 1966 European championships

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|9|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Puteaux, France

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| height = 1.81 m

| weight = 80 kg

| club = CN Marseille

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze | 1968 Mexico City | 400 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition| European Championships }}

{{MedalSilver | 1970 Barcelona | 4×100 m medley }}

{{MedalBronze | 1966 Utrecht | 400 m freestyle }}

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Alain Mosconi (born 9 September 1949) is a French former swimmer, Olympic medalist and world record holder. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics in six freestyle, butterfly and medley relay events. In 1968 he won a bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle and finished in fifth place in the 200 m individual freestyle and 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. In 1972, his best achievement was seventh place in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.

He won two medals at the European Championships in 1966 and 1970. In 1967 he set world records in the 400 metres freestyle and 800 metres freestyle.

He was president of General Motors, SEAT and Fiat, in France.

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References

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{{cite web |title=Alain Mosconi |publisher=Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/alain-mosconi-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165243/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/alain-mosconi-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |accessdate=18 March 2011}}

{{cite news|author=Todor Krastev |url=http://www.todor66.com/swimming/Europe/1966/index.html |title=Swimming 11th European Championship 1966 Utrecht (NED) |publisher=Todor66.com |date=18 December 2010 |accessdate=2 August 2011}}

L'Anti-Crise, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Paris, Dunod, 1994, pp. 64–65

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