page_title: Axel Reymond
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Axel Reymond / Career
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Axel Reymond Champion d'Europe 2016 du 25 km - Remise des médailles à Hoorn au Pays-Bas
context_page_description: Axel Reymond is a French Marathon swimmer in open water swimming events. Lives near Fontainebleau, 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, after a bronze medal during the 2012 Open Water Swimming European Championships at Piombino, he landed, 17 August 2014, the gold medal of the 25 km 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. 14 July 2016, the French National Day, he again won the 25 km from the European Championships at Hoorn. In Budapest, 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.
context_section_description: 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-qualific
caption: Axel Reymond 2016 European Champion of 25 km – Medal ceremony in Hoorn in the Netherlands
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