Stéphane Lecat

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Inductee (Honor Swimmer) of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
Stéphane Lecat is a nominee for the 2017 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, part of the WOWSA Awards, an annual recognition of outstanding men, women, performances and offerings around the globe sponsored by the World Open Water Swimming Association
Stéphane Lecat
Stéphane Lecat winning a professional marathon swimming race in Santa Fe - Coronda, Argentina
Stéphane Lecat winning a professional marathon swimming race
Stéphane Lecat winning a professional marathon swimming race
Stéphane Lecat, an Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
Saison 2 of the Tahiti Swimming Experience on 2-8 December 2018

Stéphane Lecat (born 6 August 1971, Nogent-sur-Marne) is a professional marathon swimmer, coach and administrator from France. He is a dual inductee in both the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and the International Swimming Hall of Fame

Open Water Swimming Highlights

Coaching Career

  • Lecat was employed by the Ministry of French Sport with responsibility for the development of the swimming in the Picardy Region. He was the head Coach for the Picardy Region Swimming Team and responsible for Swimming Coach Education for new coaches and continuing education for qualified coaches. He coached swimming to Amélie Caze, the 2010 world champion in Modern Pentathlon who qualified for the 2012 London Olympics.
  • Lecat was in charge of the sport class (age group) for the club JNC (Two gold medals (2010) and one in 2011 on the National age group on the 50 and 100 breast (F. Emery)
  • From 2002-2006, Lecat was the National Coach at the National Institute of the Sport, the Expertise and the Performance (INSEP). He coached swimmers to two silver medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics, one at the 2005 World Swimming Championships, five gold medals at the European championships (2003-2006), two 2004 Olympic swimmers (Malia Metella and Fabien Horth), several swimmers on the national junior and senior French teams, and one gold medal at the 2002 European Junior Championships in the 5 km distance.
  • Lecat was the featured speaker on open water swimming at the 2018 FINA Swimming Coaches Golden Clinic in China.

Interview and Presentation



Lecat addressing FINA coaches from Tahiti on 8 December 2018

1998 FINA World Championships 25 km Race Results

1 Alexey Akatyev 5:05:42
2 David Meca Medina 5:07:23
3 Gabriel Chaillou 5:07:53
4 Claudio Gargaro 5:09:48
5 Yuri Kudinov 5:12:07
6 Stéphane Lecat 5:14:16
7 Grant Robinson 5:14:40
8 Fabrizio Pescatori 5:16:55
9 Igor Majcen 5:17:09
10 Nicolas Knap 5:22:35
11 Mark Saliba 5:27:54
12 Andre Wilde 5:31:39
13 Nathan Stooke 5:32:21
14 Nace Majcen 5:33:52
15 Liam Weseloh 5:34:53
16 Simon Chocron 5:38:43
17 Chuck Wiley 5:42:32
18 Paulo Torres 5:45:05
19 Alberto Morejon 5:46:11
20 Ryan Coom 5:48:03
21 Serghei Mariniuc 5:52:29
22 Trpimir Kutle 5:54:18
23 Robert Dinka 5:57:26
24 Gareth Fowler 6:05:11
25 Takashi Sugisawa 6:12:37
26 Ákos Győrffy 6:25:55

2021 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nomination

He was nominated for the 2021 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Award by the World Open Water Swimming Association. The winners and nominees include:

Winner: Paul Georgescu (Romania)
First Runner-up: Neil Agius (Malta)
Second Runner-up: Joel Matos Ortiz (Puerto Rico)
4. Josef Köberl (Austria)
5. Dr. Jaiprakash Duble (India)
6. Pablo Fernández Álvarez (Spain)
7. Stève “Seal” Stievenart (France)
8. Simon Griffiths (Great Britain)
9. Bogusław Ogrodnik (Poland)
10. Joseph Zemaitis (USA)
11. Damián Blaum (Argentina)
12. Florian Wellbrock (Germany)
13. Stéphane Lecat (France)
14. Kristóf Rasovszky (Hungary)
15. Andre Slade (Australia)

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