Nationality France
Stroke(s) Freestyle, backstroke
Date of birth 9 October 1986 (1986-10-09) (age 23)
Place of birth Villeurbanne, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 64 kg (140 lb; 10.1 st)
On 24 July 2005 at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, Canada, Manaudou won the women's 400 m freestyle. Manaudou was under world record pace for the first half of the race. In the second half of the race, Manaudou was challenged by Shibata, her rival from the Olympics. Pundits were already predicting that Manaudou would eventually eclipse the world-record mark in the 400 m freestyle set by Janet Evans at the 1988 Summer Olympics. This would happen on 12 May 2006, as she broke Evans's world record of 4:03.85 during the final of the French championship in Tours with the time of 4:03.03.
Laure Manaudou
Laure Manaudou
Laure Manaudou
Laure Manaudou
Laure Manaudou