Romain Barnier (born 10 May 1976 in

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fran ...

) is a

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from France, who won the bronze medal in the 100 m freestyle at the

European Short Course Swimming Championships 2001 The 5th European Short Course Championships was held December 13–16, 2001 at the Wezenberg Swimming Pool in Antwerp, Belgium. The meet featured competition in a short course (25m) pool. Results Men's events Women's events Medal table ...

. He competed in two consecutive

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for his native country, starting in

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. After retiring from competitive swimming, he is the head swimming coach of the elite group of the Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille. In 2017, Barnier was given a six-month suspension for anti-doping rules violations.MARSEILLE’S ROMAIN BARNIER APPEALS 6-MONTH BAN AFTER ‘BLOCKING ANTI-DOPING TESTERS’ swimvortex.com August 16, 2017
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* 1976 births French male butterfly swimmers Living people Olympic swimmers of France Swimmers from Marseille Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Auburn Tigers men's swimmers French male freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Doping cases in swimming Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France Swimmers at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Universiade medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Universiade gold medalists for France Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade {{France-swimming-bio-stub