Laure Manaudou

Laure Manaudou (21), French Olympic gold medalist swimmer nude pictures. Laure Manaudou (21), French Olympic gold medalist swimmer, took pictures of herself without clothes on for her boyfriend, and Italian swimmer, Luca Marin . Laure and Marin had an ugly public break-up at a recent swim meet in Hungary. The pictures of Laure without clothes appeared just hours after the two split. There is also rumored to be a video, and currently it appears there is no real video only the rumor. Marin said...Read Full Story

Former Olympic and world champion swimmer Laure Manaudou will not be able to return to competition before July 6, 2011, French national technical director (DTN) Christian Donze said on Thursday. Manaudou, who retired in September 2009 and gave birth to a baby girl in April this year, has been training again for the past three weeks in the hope of returning to competition. But the 24-year-old Frenchwoman will not be eligible to compete in next summer's world championships in Shanghai from July...Read Full Story

France 's former golden girl Laure Manaudou has returned to training with a view to competing at next summer's world swimming championships in Shanghai , French federation officials confirmed on Thursday. Manaudou, who announced her retirement in September 2009 and gave birth to a baby girl in April, has been training in Marseille under coach Romain Barnier since early this week. French swimming's national technical director (DTN) Christian Donze told AFP: "I learned a month ago that Laure...Read Full Story

  CLICK TO SEE VIDEO HERE Female French Swimmer Laure Manaudou has had a hard go of it of late. Just on top of the swimming World two years ago and in love with Italian Swimmer Male Luca Martin, Laure Manaudou saw her life change rapidly. After breaking up with Luca Martin, tossing the ring he gave her into the pool, nude photos of her surface on The Internet, embarrasing her in the process. Fast Forward to Beijing. Luca Martin has taken up with another female swimmer, Federica Pellegrini...Read Full Story

France 's former golden girl Laure Manaudou on Friday played down her championship ambitions as she took to the pool again a year after retiring. The former Olympic and world champion, who announced her retirement in September 2009 and gave birth to a baby girl in April, has been training in Marseille under coach Romain Barnier since early this week. French federation officials said the 23-year-old had returned with a view to competing at next summer's world swimming championships in Shanghai...Read Full Story

French Olympian nude pictures. Click on pictures to enlarge. [editor's note: photos removed] Laure Manaudou (born October 9, 1986 in Villeurbanne) is a French Olympic, world and European champion swimmer. Manaudou currently holds the world record for the 400 m freestyle and 200 m freestyle. She won the gold medal in the women's 400 m freestyle at the 2004 Athens Olympics. It was France's first ever gold medal in women's swimming and the first swimming gold medal won by a French man or woman...Read Full Story

PARIS (Reuters) - Former Olympic swimming champion Laure Manaudou, tired of seeing her every move splashed over the local media, is retiring to enjoy life outside competitive sport. "It's decided, I'm stopping," the 22-year-old Frenchwoman, whose turbulent life meant she never left the headlines, told Friday's issue of French daily Le Parisien. "Since January, I learned how to look after myself," she added. "I'm enjoying the life I couldn't have before. It's silly but taking time to make up...Read Full Story

Russia claimed three gold medals at the European swimming championships on Saturday to leapfrog France, Britain and hosts Hungary to first place in the overall medals table. Evgeny Korotyshkin won the 100m butterfly and Stanislav Donets the 200m backstroke on a day rounded off by the Russian quartet claiming gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay. It was also a good day for the Italy team which claimed their first two golds of the competition through Fabio Scozzoli in the men's 50m breast-stroke...Read Full Story

Russia claimed three gold medals at the European swimming championships on Saturday to leapfrog Britain and hosts Hungary to second place in the overall medals table behind France. With just Sunday left, France head the competition with 17 medals (six gold, six silver and five bronze), but Russia have kept the pressure up and now have six gold, three silver and a bronze. Evgeny Korotyshkin won the 100m butterfly and Stanislav Donets the 200m backstroke on a day rounded off by the Russian...Read Full Story

Laure Manaudou is in the news today as the French swimmer has found herself in several compromising positions. Her ex-boyfriend, Italian swimmer Luca Marin, has been accused of posting nude photos and a video of Manaudou on the internet. The two were seen fighting at the European short course championship in Hungary this past weekend. He has denied that he was the one who leaked the nude photos and told an Italian newspaper, Gazzetta dello Sport: “I know nothing about the video and have only...Read Full Story