Alfred Nakache (November 18, 1915 in Constantine, Algeria – 1983) was a French swimmer and water polo player, who was also known as Artem.
Between 1936 and 1946, Nakache won the French 100-Meter Freestyle 6 times, the 200-Meter Freestyle 4times, the 200-Meter Breaststroke 4 times, and an assortment of other French swimming titles, many of them setting national records.
Nakache was a member of France’s Olympic Swimming Teams of 1936 and 1948.
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Alfred Nakache (November 18, 1915 in Constantine, Algeria – 1983) was a French swimmer and water polo player, who was also known as Artem.
Between 1936 and 1946, Nakache won the French 100-Meter Freestyle 6 times, the 200-Meter Freestyle 4times, the 200-Meter Breaststroke 4 times, and an assortment of other French swimming titles, many of them setting national records.
Nakache was a member of France’s Olympic Swimming Teams of 1936 and 1948.
Nakache competed for France at the 1936 Berlin Olympics in the 4 x 200-meter freestyle relay. In the preliminaries, the French team won its heat with Nakache swimming the second leg. They advanced to the finals and finished 4th, just missing a medal.
In 1941, Nakache set the World 200-Meter Breaststroke record (2:36.8) in Marseilles and was one-third of the French 3 x 100 relay team that established a World record in August 1946 (3:19.9) at Toulouse. Only one month later, they lowered their relay mark to 3:12.3 in Marseilles.
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