9 October 1986 in Villeurbanne) is a French swimmer. She won the gold medal in the Women's 400m Freestyle at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
That was France's first ever gold in that event. Manaudou won the silver medal in the Women's 800m Freestyle at the same Olympics. In that race, she had a quick start but was passed down the stretch by Ai Shibata from Japan. Read on at Wikipedia