Philippe Lucas is the French swimming coach at Cercle des nageurs narbonnais who coaches top athletes including Sharon von Rouwendaal of the Netherlands (gold medal, 2016 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim ), Aurélie Muller of France (2008 and 2016 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim and 2015 and 2017 FINA World Swimming Championships 10 km gold medalist), and Marc-Antoine Olivier of France (bronze medal, 2016 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim and 2017 FINA World Swimming Championships 5 km gold medalist) as well as Olympic medalists like Laure Manaudou of France.