Joseph Bernardo
Appearance
![]() Bernardo in 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 31 May 1929 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 December 2023 | (aged 94)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joseph Bernardo (31 May 1929 – 6 December 2023) was a French swimmer and Olympic medalist.[1]
Biography
[edit]Joseph Bernardo was born in Algiers, French Algeria. He competed at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, where he received a bronze medal in 4 × 200 m freestyle relay with the French swimming team (with Jean Boiteux, Aldo Eminente, and Alexandre Jany).[2]
Bernardo married actress and theater director Simone Turck in 1952.
Bernardo died on 6 December 2023, at the age of 94.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joseph Bernardo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- ^ "1952 Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Swimming" Archived 21 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 30 August 2008)
- ^ "Mort de Jo Bernardo, ancien champion de natation et personnage historique du Cercle des nageurs de Marseille". La Provence. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
External links
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Categories:
- 1929 births
- 2023 deaths
- Sportspeople from Algiers
- Pieds-noirs
- People of French Algeria
- Olympic swimmers for France
- Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for France
- World record setters in swimming
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- French male freestyle swimmers
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France
- Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 1951 Mediterranean Games
- French swimming biography stubs
- French Olympic medalist stubs