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Frédérick Bousquet (born August 4, 1981 in Perpignan) is a freestyle and butterfly swimmer from France. He previously held the world record in the 50 m freestyle in a time of 21.10 in short course (25 m), set in 2004 at the Men's NCAA Division One Swimming and Diving Championships, for over two years. It was bettered by South Africa's Roland Schoeman on August 12, 2006.
Bousquet swam at Auburn University from 2001-2005. In 2005, his senior year and final year of competition, he won the 50-yard freestyle in NCAA and U.S. Open record time of 18.74, shattering the previous record of 19.05 set by Tom Jager in 1990. Bousquet is the first man ever to swim the 50-yard freestyle in under 19 seconds.
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- SC 50 y freestyle - 18.74
- SC 50 m freestyle - 21.10 (NCAA Record, Former World Record)
- LC 50 m freestyle - 21.60
- SC 100 y freestyle - 41.83
- SC 100 m freestyle - 46.87
- LC 100 m freestyle - 48.71
- LC 50 m butterfly - 23.82
- LC 100 m butterfly - 51.50
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