Clément Secchi

Clément Secchi (born 4 May 2000) is a French competitive swimmer specialising in butterfly events. He represents France internationally and competes for Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille. He won an Olympic bronze medal in the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, and a silver medal in the same event at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. He has won five French national titles and a total of 18 individual medals at the French Championships in long-course and short-course events.

Career

University career

Secchi competed for McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where he became one of the leading swimmers in Canadian university swimming. He was a seven-time U Sports national champion, a 15-time RSEQ conference champion, and held U Sports records in the 50 m and 100 m butterfly.

At McGill, he was named the university's male athlete of the year three seasons in a row and was also voted rookie of the year in his first season. In 2022, he was named U Sports male swimmer of the year, becoming the first McGill swimmer to receive the award.

He later joined the University of Missouri, competing in NCAA Division I swimming. At the 2023 SEC Championships, he won the 200-yard butterfly in 1:41.07.

Club and international career

Secchi joined Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille in 2020 after more than a decade with Pays d'Aix Natation. He won his first French national medal at the 2020 French Championships in Saint-Raphaël, taking silver in the 200 m butterfly.

In 2022, he won the French national title in the 100 m butterfly at the French Championships in Limoges, which contributed to his selection for France at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships and the 2022 European Aquatics Championships. At the European Championships in Rome, he won silver with France in the men's 4 × 100 m medley relay.

At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Secchi reached the semifinals of the men's 100 m butterfly and placed 14th overall. He also swam the butterfly leg for France in the heats of the men's 4 × 100 m medley relay, helping the team qualify with the fastest overall time of 3:31.36. France later won bronze in the final, with Secchi receiving a medal as a heat swimmer.

In 2025, at the French Championships in Montpellier, he won the national title in the 200 m butterfly and also took silver in the 100 m butterfly and bronze in the 50 m butterfly. Later that year, at the World Championships in Singapore, he swam in the heats of the men's 4 × 100 m medley relay. France won the silver medal in the final and set a French record of 3:27.96; the swimmers who competed in the heats, including Secchi, were also awarded medals.

According to L'Équipe, Secchi has won five French national titles.

Other activities

After studying and swimming in Canada and the United States, Secchi co-founded BS Athletics, an agency supporting French swimmers seeking to study and compete at universities in the United States. The company is registered in Marseille as a simplified joint-stock company, with Secchi listed as managing director since July 2025.

Honours

Knight of the National Order of Merit (2024).

Results

International competitions

Secchi competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. In the men's 100 metre butterfly, he reached the semifinals and finished 14th overall. He also swam the butterfly leg for France in the heats of the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay; France later won the bronze medal in the final, with Secchi receiving a medal as a heat swimmer.