Camille Lacourt

Following years Lacourt collected a series of medals at the World Championships in the following years: one gold and one silver in 2011 in Shanghai, two gold in 2013 in Barcelona, and one of each medal in 2015 in Kazan. He finished 4th in the 100 metre backstroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics and failed to win any medals. After missing the 2014 European Championships due to a hip injury, he won two golds at the 2016 European Championships.

Lacourt failed to win any medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Following his 5th-place finish in the 100 meter backstroke, Lacourt made international news after criticizing the sport of swimming and making disparaging remarks about Chinese swimmer Sun Yang. In a post-race interview with French radio station RMCsport, Lacourt said: "I am very sad when I see my sport getting like this. I have the impression I am looking at athletics, with two or three doped in each final. I hope that FINA is going to react and stop this massacre, because it is getting sad," and finished with "Sun Yang, he pisses purple!" After being defeated by another Chinese swimmer, Xu Jiayu, who won the silver medal in the 100 meter backstroke, Lacourt said, "I don't like being beaten by a Chinese."

Lacourt won his third consecutive gold medal in the 50 m backstroke at the 2017 World Championships. He then announced his retirement later in 2017.

Personal life Lacourt was married to Valérie Bègue, who won Miss France 2008. He is the father of a girl, Jazz, born in October 2012. Lacourt and Bègue divorced in 2016.

Since April 2019, he has been in a relationship with Alice Detollenaere. She was a contestant at Miss France 2011. The have a son, born on June 1, 2021.

Camille Lacourt declared he experienced two episodes of depression: the first after the London Olympic Games, following his fourth-place finish in the 100-meter backstroke, and the second when he retired from professional sport in 2017. During that time, he also struggled with alcoholism.

Personal bests (long course)

Event Time Date 50 m backstroke 24.07 NR 12 August 2010 100 m backstroke 52.11 ER 10 August 2010 200 m backstroke 2:00.57 7 April 2010