Frédérick Bousquet (born August 4, 1981 in
Perpignan) is a freestyle and butterfly swimmer from
France. He previously held the world record in the
50 m freestyle in a time of 21.10 in short course
(25 m), set in 2004 at the Men's NCAA Division One
Swimming and Diving Championships, for over two
years. It was bettered by South Africa's Roland
Schoeman on August 12, 2006.
Bousquet swam at Auburn University from 2001-2005.
In 2005, his senior year and final year of
competition, he won the 50-yard freestyle in NCAA
and U.S. Open record time of 18.74, shattering the
previous record of 19.05 set by Tom Jager in 1990.
Bousquet is the first man ever to swim the 50-yard
freestyle in under 19 seconds.
