Franck Esposito

{{Short description|French swimmer (born 1971)}}

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| name = Franck Espostio

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| nicknames = Titou

| nationality = {{FRA}}

| strokes = Butterfly

| club = CN Antibes

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1971|04|13}}

| birth_place = Salon-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

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| height = {{convert|5|ft|11|in|m|abbr=on}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | {{FRA}}}}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze | 1992 Barcelona | 200 m butterfly}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (LC)}}

{{MedalSilver | 1998 Perth | 200 m butterfly}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalGold | 1993 Palma | 200 m butterfly}}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships (LC)}}

{{MedalGold | 1991 Athens | 200 m butterfly}}

{{MedalGold | 1997 Seville | 200 m butterfly}}

{{MedalGold | 1999 Istanbul | 200 m butterfly}}

{{MedalGold | 2002 Berlin | 200 m butterfly}}

{{MedalSilver | 1993 Sheffield | 200 m butterfly}}

{{MedalSilver | 2002 Berlin | 4×100m medley}}

{{MedalSilver | 2004 Madrid | 100 m butterfly}}

{{MedalSilver | 2004 Madrid | 4×100m medley}}

{{MedalBronze | 1997 Seville | 100 m butterfly}}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalGold| 2003 Dublin | 200 m butterfly}}

{{MedalCompetition | Mediterranean Games}}

{{MedalGold | 1993 Narbonne | 200 m butterfly}}

{{MedalGold | 1997 Bari | 100 m butterfly}}

{{MedalGold | 1997 Bari | 200 m butterfly}}

{{MedalGold | 2001 Tunis | 100 m butterfly}}

{{MedalGold | 2001 Tunis | 200 m butterfly}}

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Franck Esposito (born 13 April 1971 in Salon-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône){{in lang|fr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20130810041527/http://www.lequipe.fr/Natation/AussiFicheAthlete233.html La fiche de Franck Esposto], from L'Équipe; retrieved 23 June 2013. 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.[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/es/franck-esposito-1.html Esposito's entry] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924043252/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/es/franck-esposito-1.html |date=24 September 2013 }} at sports-reference.com; retrieved 23 June 2013. During his career, he set the short course World Record in the 200 fly four times.

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).{{in lang|fr}} Record de France de natation messieurs du 200 mètres papillon (trans: French Record progression: men's 200 fly), from French Wikipedia; retrieved 23 June 2013. He also held the French Record in the long course 100 fly from August 1993 – April 2008.{{in lang|fr}} Record de France de natation messieurs du 100 mètres papillon (trans: French Record progression: men's 100 fly), from French Wikipedia; retrieved 23 June 2013.