# Axel Reymond

Axel Reymond (born 13 February 1994) is a French Marathon swimmer in open water swimming events (5 km (3.1 mi), 10 km (6.2 mi) and 25 km (16 mi)). Lives near Fontainebleau (Seine-et-Marne), he was training at AS Plessis-Savigny Natation by Magali Mérino. In May 2014, he joined her at the Cercle des Nageurs of Fontainebleau-Avon, where he remains committed to his training while becoming licensed in CSM Clamart Natation in 2016. After several victories in Open Water Swimming French Cup since 2009 on different distances, after several Champion titles of France on 25 km (16 mi), after a bronze medal during the 2012 Open Water Swimming European Championships at Piombino (in Italy), he landed, 17 August 2014, the gold medal of the 25 km (16 mi) during the 2014 European Swimming Championships in Berlin. He is a member of the France Swimming A Team since 2012. 15 November 2015, he beats the hour record of France by browsing 5859.25m during the 2015 National Autumn Meeting National at Compiègne (in France). 14 July 2016, the French National Day, he again won the 25 km from the European Championships at Hoorn (Netherlands). In Budapest (World Championships in 2017), on 21 July 2017, Axel won the 25 km of the World Championships in 2017 and became the first French Men's World Champion in that distance. In August 2017, he joined the club of A.A.S. Sarcelles Natation 95.

## Career

Axel Reymond, who resided in Nandy, began swimming at age 6 in "Association Sportive Le Plessis Savigny" (ASPS) in the pool of Savigny-le-Temple where he will be driven by Magali Mérino who is always his current coach. He discovered Open Water in 2008 with a first title of Vice-Champion of France on 10 km (6.2 mi).
In 2009, Axel Reymond becomes number 1 French Under 16 years old, winning six stages of the Open Water French Cup. The year after, he will be both number 1 French Cadets and All Categories, with 9 victories in the Cup of France, as well as bronze medal in the Open Water Championships in France. Also in 2010, he will participate in an international event outside France for the first time at Oeiras in Portugal, finishing 8th in All Categories, of this "COnfederación MEditerránea de Natación Cup"'s stage (COMEN).
In 2011, during a step of COMEN in Limassol (Cyprus), he won his first international medal, it will be in bronze.
Will follow in 2012, his integration into the France Swimming A Team, his first participation in the World Championships in Welland (Canada, where he will end 7th 7.5 km (4.7 mi)) and his first participation of European Championships at Piombino (Italy) where he obtained his first European Medal in Bronze. This same year, he will be Champion of France on 25 km (16 mi), as he was then kept it in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
Then in 2013, in Ohrid (Macedonia), he won his first medal of the Open Water Marathon World Cup, on 30 km (19 mi). And at Canet-en-Roussillon, he won the Open Water Championship of France on 10 km (6.2 mi), in addition to the 25 km (16 mi).
In May 2014, Axel Reymond joined Magali Mérino his coach at Swimmers's Circle of Fontainebleau-Avon.
Axel Reymond follow the French Swimmers Team to the European Championship in Berlin (Germany) in 2014. On 17 August 2014, he won the European Gold Medal on 25 km (16 mi) with a time : 4 h 59 min 18 s 8, beating Evgeny Drattsev (Russia) (4 h 59 min 31 s 2) and Edoardo Stochino (Italy) (5 h 08 min 51 s 0). The same year, he will be Champion of France on 25 km (16 mi) at Sète, on indoor 5 km (3.1 mi) at Sarcelles and win a silver medal in Open Water Swimming European Cup in Eilat (Israel) on 10 km (6.2 mi).
He will begin in 2015 with 2 medals : in Gold at the Marathon Swimming World Cup Marathon in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), and in Bronze in Nouméa (France). He will also conduct a tripled at French Championships in Gravelines, becoming the France Champion on 5 km (3.1 mi), 10 km (6.2 mi) and 25 km (16 mi).
On 7 July 2015, Axel Reymond signed a 2-year contract with French Land Army, to be an element of the French Champions Swimming Military Force. He will participate in the World Military Games Summer 2015 at Mungyeong, in South Korea.
He will be highly disappointed about his 4th place on 25 km (16 mi) at the World Championships in Kazan (Russia), and especially to its 12th place in the 10 km (6.2 mi), which, this last one, earned him a non-selection of the French Swimming Federation, to go to represent France at the Rio Olympic Games (Brazil) in 2016. But his year has been full of medals, he ended the 2015 season : at the first place of the French Open Water Cup National Ranking (with 8 stages wins in 11 appearances) and at the 1st place of the French Open Water Swimmers National Ranking. He even gets a number of points in the French Cup, never obtained at least 2005, and the national ranking of open water swimmers, a number of points ever obtained at least 2012.
Finally in 2015, he broke the French National Hour Time Record during the National Meeting in 25-meter pool in Compiègne (France) with 5,859 m (3.641 mi), and he won a bronze medal for the 1,500 m (0.93 mi) of French 2015 Swimming Championships in 25-meter pool in Angers (France).
In early 2016, he joined the CSM Clamart Natation, while staying at Fontainebleau for his exercises in the CitéSport of the National Centre of Defence Sports (CNSD).
He beginning the 1st stage of the Marathon (10 km (6.2 mi)) World Cup 2016 in Viedma, Argentina, finishing 5th, allowing him his pre-qualification at the European Championships 2016. He ended as 5th in the 2nd stage of the World Cup Marathon in 2016 in Abu Dhabi in the UAE.
Subsequently, in April 2016, he became Champion of France 2016 Military Swimming 400m freestyle, and 200m medley 4 in Saint-Dizier, beating the record of France of these two events.
On 29 May 2016, at Lake of Cepoy in Montargis (France), he won his fifth title of France Championships on 25 km, after finishing 2nd of the 5 km and 3rd of the 10 km, the Championships of France in 2016.
At the French National Day in Hoorn (Netherlands), on 14 July 2016, he won gold again on 25 km during the 2016 European Championships.
On 28 January 2017, Axel Reymond finished 3rd in the French Open Water Indoor Championships 2017 for 5 km.
At the 2017 French Championships, he finished 3rd French in the 10 km, 1st French in relay 4 x 1,250 m mixed, and French Champion 2017 of the 25 km for the 6th consecutive year.
In Budapest (World Championships in 2017), on 21 July 2017, Axel won the 25 km of the World Championships in 2017 and became the first French Men's World Champion in that distance.
In August 2017, he joined the club of A.A.S. Sarcelles Natation 95.
Between 31 May and 3 June 2018, during the French Open Water Indoor Championships, he became French Champion of the 25 km in open-water for the seventh time, and French Vice-Champion of the 5 km and of the mixed relay 4 x 1,250 m mixed (with his team : A.A.S. Sarcelles Natation 95) at Gravelines.
On 16 June 2018, he participated in the 4th stage of the 2018 Marathon World Cup in open water, and won a bronze medal in 1h55:59.1, Hungary.
Present at the 2018 European Swimming Championships in Glasgow, where he won the silver medal on 5 km, and thus becomes vice-champion of Europe on this distance, and finished 4th of the 25 km.
In Gwangju, 19 July 2019 Axel retains its title of world champion on the 25 km at the 2019 World Swimming Championships.
In Ohrid, the 24th of August 2019, Axel wins the 2019 UltraMarathon World Cup 25 km Open Water Race, and on the 28th of August 2019, the Marathon 10 km World Cup Silver Medal Open Water Race.
Between October 23, 2019, and October 25, 2019, in Wuhan, China, Axel became the 2019 Military World Champion of 10 km, 5 km and relay mixed (5 km) in open water.
On February 28, 2020, in Samoëns, France, Axel became French champion in the 1,000m in icy water by breaking the French record, with 11 minutes 56 seconds 60 (at 1:20 of the world record).
From September 25 to 28, 2020, during the French Championships, he became French Champion in the 25 km in open water for the eighth time, and 3rd in the 5 km and Vice champion of France in the mixed 4 × 1250 m relay (with his team of the A.A.S. Sarcelles Natation 95) in Jablines.
In Budapest (Hungary), on May 16, 2021, where he became world champion, Axel won the 25 km of the 2020-21 European Championships for the 3rd time over this distance.

## Results
### World Championships
#### Open water

Axel Reymond's Results during the World Open Water Swimming Championships :
| Edition | Event | Event | Event | Event |
| Edition | 5 km (3.1 mi) | 10 km (6.2 mi) | 7.5 km (4.7 mi) | 25 km (16 mi) |
| Canada – Welland 2012 | – | – | 7th 1 h 26:10.50 | – |
| Spain – Barcelona 2013 | – | 40th 1 h 50:33.00 | – | 20th 4 h 53:47.20 |
| Russia – Kazan 2015 | 22nd 55:31.80 | 12th 1 h 50:28.40 | – | 4th 4 h 55:55.80 |
| Hungary Budapest 2017 | – | – | – | Gold 5 h 02:46.40 |
| South Korea Gwangju 2019 | – | – | – | Gold 4 h 51:06.02 |

### European Championships
#### Open water

Axel Reymond's Results during the European Open Water Swimming Championships :
| Edition | Event | Event | Event |
| Edition | 5 km (3.1 mi) | 10 km (6.2 mi) | 25 km (16 mi) |
| Italy – Piombino 2012 | – | 15th 1 h 59:57.80 | Bronze 5 h 4:06.30 |
| Germany – Berlin 2014 | – | 9th 1 h 50:07.60 | Gold 4 h 59:18.80 |
| Netherlands – Hoorn 2016 | – | – | Gold 5 h 02:22.00 |
| Scotland – Glasgow 2018 | Silver 52:41.70 | – | 4th 4 h 58:03.4 |
| Hungary – Budapest 2020-21 | - | 7th 1 h 51:49.06 | Gold 4 h 35:59.08 |

### French Championships
#### Open water

Axel Reymond's Results during the Open Water Swimming French Championships :
| Edition | Event | Event | Event | Event |
| Edition | 5 km (3.1 mi) Time trial | 5 km (3.1 mi) | 10 km (6.2 mi) | 25 km (16 mi) |
| France – Chalain 2008 | 25th 1 h 05:34.50 | – | 26th 2 h 14:02.79 | – |
| France – Roquebrune – Toulouse – Annecy 2009 | 24th 1 h 02:12.00 | 5th 58:32.00 | 16th 2 h 09:51.60 | – |
| France – Mimizan 2010 | 8th 56:34.97 | 5th 59:59.60 | 5th 2 h 06:02.67 | Bronze 5 h 44:21.58 |
| France – Pierrelatte 2011 | 16th 56:26.58 | 7th 59:05.30 | 14th 1 h 59:17.40 | – |
| France – Pierrelatte 2012 | 5th 55:39.74 | – | Silver 1 h 55:00.62 | Gold 5 h 06:28.58 |
| France – Canet-en-Roussillon 2013 | – | – | Gold 1 h 42:14.00 | Gold 5 h 28:29.56 |
| France – Sète 2014 | Bronze 1 h 02:41.30 | 5th 55:43.90 | 4th 1 h 43:50.40 | Gold 4 h 58:47.30 |
| France – Gravelines 2015 | – | Gold 54:43.80 | Gold 1 h 50:29.50 | Gold 4 h 57:28.50 |
| France – Montargis 2016 | – | Silver 53:51.70 | Bronze 1 h 52:15.30 | Gold 4 h 56:07 |
| France – Gravelines 2017 | – | – | Bronze 1 h 52:08.06 | Gold 5 h 02:26.90 |
| France – Gravelines 2018 | – | Silver 52:43.53 | 4th 1 h 44:28.99 | Gold 5 h 04:20.00 |
| France – Brive-la-Gaillarde 2019 | – | 4th 53:44.88 | – | – |
| France – Jablines 2020 | – | Bronze 52:51.68 | 5th 1 h 54:08.90 | Gold 4 h 58:46.69 |

#### Open water – Indoor

Axel Reymond's Results during the Open Water Indoor Swimming French Championships :
| Edition | Event |
| Edition | 5 km (3.1 mi) |
| France – Dunkerque 2009 | 17th 57:53.95 |
| France – Troyes 2010 | 12th 56:4.96 |
| France – Agen 2011 | 11th 55:36.30 |
| France – Dunkerque 2012 | Silver 54:14.90 |
| France – Sarcelles 2014 | Gold 53:58.60 |
| France – Sarcelles 2015 | 5th 55:13.39 |
| France – Sarcelles 2017 | Bronze 54:24.10 |
| France – Sarcelles 2018 | 6th 54:25.26 |
| France – Sarcelles 2019 | Bronze 54:30.48 |
| France – Sarcelles 2020 | 11th 55:01.14 |

#### Frozen water

Axel Reymond's Results during the Frozen Water Swimming French Championships :
| Edition | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event |
| Edition | 1,000 m (0.62 mi) |
| France – Samoëns 2020 | Gold 11:56.60 |

#### Long course (50-meter pool)

Axel Reymond's Results during the Swimming French Championships (LC) :
| Edition | Event | Event |
| Edition | 800 m freestyle | 1500 m freestyle |
| France – Chartres 2014 | Bronze 7 min 58 s 45 | Bronze 15 min 18 s 13 |

#### Short course meters (25-meter pool)

Axel Reymond's Results during the Swimming French Championships (SC) :
| Edition | Event |
| Edition | 1500 m freestyle |
| France – Angers 2012 | Bronze 15 min 0 s 40 |
| France – Dijon 2013 | Silver 14 min 48 s 09 |
| France – Angers 2015 | Bronze 14 min 55 s 24 |

### World Cup
#### Open water

Axel Reymond's Results during the Marathon Swimming World Cup :
| Edition | Event | Event |
| Edition | 10 km (6.2 mi) | 25 km (16 mi) |
| France – Annecy 2009 | 36th 2 h 09:51.60 | – |
| North Macedonia – Ohrid 2013 | – | Gold 5 h 09:54.95 |
| Argentina – Videma 2014 | 13th 1 h 51:44.56 | – |
| United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi 2015 | Gold 1 h 57:52.10 | – |
| France – Nouméa 2015 | Bronze 1 h 57:24.40 | – |
| Argentina – Videma 2016 | 5th 1 h 55:50.15 | – |
| United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi 2016 | 5th 1 h 47:48.20 | – |
| United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi 2017 | 22nd 1 h 46:11.10 | – |
| Qatar – Doha 2018 | 4th 1 h 52:43.00 | – |
| Hungary – Balatonfured 2018 | Bronze 1 h 55:59.10 | – |
| United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi 2018 | 9th 1 h 53:27.8 | – |
| North Macedonia – Ohrid 2019 | Silver 2 h 00:21.90 | Gold 5 h 20:55.30 |
| Qatar – Doha 2020 | 18th 1 h 50:07.09 | – |
| Qatar – Doha 2021 | 5th 1 h 52:14.05 | – |

### European Cup
#### Open water

Axel Reymond's Results during the Open Water Swimming European Cup :
| Edition | Event | Event | Event |
| Edition | 5 km (3.1 mi) | 10 km (6.2 mi) | 25 km (16 mi) |
| Israel – Eilat 2014 | – | Silver 1 h 49:00.15 | – |
| France – Gravelines 2018 | – | 4th 1 h 44:28.99 | – |
| Spain – Barcelona 2018 | – | 1 h 51:06.10 | – |
| Israel – Eilat 2019 | – | 9th 1 h 53:24.80 | – |

### COMEN Cup
#### Open water

Axel Reymond's Results during the COnfederación MEditerránea de Natación Cup :
| Edition | Event | Event | Event |
| Edition | 5 km (3.1 mi) | 10 km (6.2 mi) | 25 km (16 mi) |
| Portugal – Oeiras 2010 | 8th 57:43.34 | – | – |
| Cyprus – Limassol 2011 | Bronze 54:42.32 | – | – |

### Open Water Swimming French Cup and National ranking
#### Open water

Axel Reymond's Results during the Open Water Swimming French Cup :
| Edition | Open Water Swimming French Cup's National Ranking | Open Water Swimming French Cup's National Ranking | Open Water Swimming French Cup's National Ranking | Open Water Swimming French Cup's National Ranking | Open Water Swimming French Cup's National Ranking | French Open Water Swimmer's National Ranking |
| Edition | 15 years old and under | 16 and 17 years old | All Categories | Appearance | Number of Victories | French Open Water Swimmer's National Ranking |
| France – 2008 | 15th 318 pts | – | 73rd 318 pts | 1 étape | 0 | – |
| France – 2009 | Gold 3 600 pts | – | 4th 3 600 pts | 14 stages | 6 x Gold 1 x Bronze | – |
| France – 2010 | – | Gold 5 130 pts | Gold 5 130 pts | 15 stages | 9 x Gold 2 x Silver 1 x Bronze | – |
| France – 2011 | – | Silver 4 140 pts | Bronze 4 140 pts | 17 stages | 3 x Gold 6 x Silver 4 x Bronze | – |
| France – 2012 | – | – | Gold 4 140 pts | 9 stages | 3 x Gold 2 x Silver 2 x Bronze | Gold 30 540 pts |
| France – 2013 | – | – | 6th 2 590 pts | 4 stages | 2 x Gold 2 x Silver | 4th 13 840 pts |
| France – 2014 | – | – | Silver 4 160 pts | 7 stages | 6 x Gold 1 x Silver | Gold 44 660 pts |
| France – 2015 | – | – | Gold 7 120 pts | 9 stages | 7 x Gold 1 x Silver 1 x Bronze | Gold 51 020 pts (point record since 2012) |
| France – 2016 | – | – | Gold 7 270 pts (point record since 2005) | 10 stages | 9 x Gold 1 x Bronze | Silver 33 670 pts |
| France – 2017 | – | – | 4th 5 390 pts | 9 stages | 8 x Gold 1 x Bronze | Bronze 39 140 pts |
| France – 2018 | – | – | 6th 5 490 pts | 6 stages | 4 x Gold 1 x Silver | Gold 40 140 pts |
| France – 2019 | – | – | 18th 42 500 pts | 7 stages | 4 x Gold 2 x Silver | Gold 23 450 pts |
| France – 2020 | – | – | Silver 41 200 pts | 5 stages | 2 x Gold 1 x Silver 1 x Bronze | Gold 17 550 pts |

## Records
### French records

This table details the record of France beaten by Axel Reymond during his career.
Individual French Records beaten by Axel Reymond :
| Event | Time | Competition | Place | Date |
| France record of 1000m freestyle in frozen water | 11:56.60 | France Frozen Water Swimming Championships 2020 | Samoëns, France | 28 February 2020 |
| France record of military Swimming 400m freestyle | 3:55.53 | France Military Swimming Championships 2016 | Saint-Dizier, France | 6 April 2016 |
| France record of military Swimming 200m medley 4 | 2:07.00 | France Military Swimming Championships 2016 | Saint-Dizier, France | 6 April 2016 |
| French Men's Swimming Hour Records of France | 1 h 5,859.25 m (3.64077 mi) | 2015 Autumn National Meeting | Compiègne, France | 15 November 2015 |
| French Men's 5 km indoor Records of France – Category 18-year-old | 54:14.90 | French 2012 Indoor Championships of Open Water | Dunkerque, France | 1 May 2012 defeated in 2016 by Anis Cheniti |

## Awards

* Winner of the 2011 "Hope" Trophy in Savigny-le-Temple
* Winner of the 2012 "Hope" Trophy in Savigny-le-Temple
* 2016 Honor Citizen of Fontainebleau City