Laure Manaudou has been the dream of sports enthusiasts and more particularly swimming enthusiasts for many years. A true phenomenon, the champion from Villeurbanne reigned over her discipline, collecting three medals at the Olympic Games and a multitude of others during her career. Her rivalry with the Italian champion Federica Pellegrini also caused a lot of talk in the sports world. The two women dominated world swimming at the same time and they went blow for blow.
Not the best of friends, the animosity between the two women came to a head when Laure Manaudou’s then-boyfriend, Italian Luca Marin, had an affair with her lifelong rival. A revelation that completely upset the sister of Florent Manaudou, as she tells in her autobiography, Between the lines. “I am devastated, hurt, humiliated. Furious (…) I want to vomit, cry, scream. To tear the eyes of this blonde who makes fun of me, smiling at me when we meet. sees to better tickle my boyfriend as soon as my back is turned”she wrote in 2014.
A beautiful marriage with the one who was his trainer
Since then, water has flowed under the bridges and Laure Manaudou has found love again with Jérémy Frérot, with whom she had two beautiful children. For her part, Federica Pellegrini has also found great love, since the 34-year-old Italian swimmer has just got married! On August 27, the former swimmer of Philippe Lucas married the man who was her coach and who is now her husband, Matteo Giunta, during a superb ceremony in Italy, in the very romantic city of Venice. On the swimming side, the latter continued her career until November 2021, before announcing that she was retiring from sport.