57-year-old French marathon swimmer and open water swimming coach, instructor, and referee from Montpellier, France. French representative of the Channel Swimming Association and the King of Prison Island Swimming who serves as a Marathon Swimming Mentor.
He is the French representative of the Channel Swimming Association.
He is a Patron of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.
He is the King of Prison Island Swimming.
He serves as a Marathon Swimming Mentor.
He won the Pierre Van Vooren Memorial Trophy from the Channel Swimming Association for his English Channel crossing completed under the Swim in the most Arduous Conditions in 2002 in 12 hours 40 minutes.
He was inducted as an Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Class of 2018.
He has completed 2 Oceans Seven channels.
He completed an Ice Kilometer on 6 January 2017 at the 2nd Ice Swimming Aqua World Championships in Burghausen, Bavaria, Germany in 15:50:02 in 3.40°C water and -11.10°C air temperatures.
He has completed 29 prison island swims to date, the most number of prison island swims in history.
He was named one of the World’s 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Men in 2019 by the World Open Water Swimming Association.
He serves as the referee and event director of the 2019 French open Championships – Vichy, a sanctioned International Ice Swimming Association event held in February in France.
