Simon Dufour (born 20 February 1979)
from sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-07-22 is an Olympic backstroke swimmer
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from France
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. He has swum for France at:
*Olympics: 2000
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, 2004
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, 2008
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*World Championships: 2003, 2005, 2007
*European Championships: 2004
*World University Games: 2001
*Mediterranean Games: 2001
*Short Course Europeans: 2001, 2006
See also
* Dufour's entry on French Wikipedia
References
1979 births
Living people
People from Ambert
Sportspeople from Puy-de-Dôme
French male backstroke swimmers
Olympic swimmers for France
Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France
Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
Swimmers at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
FISU World University Games silver medalists for France
Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade
20th-century French sportsmen
21st-century French sportsmen
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