| Sophie Kamoun | |
| Full Name: | Sophie Marie Reine Kamoun |
| Birth Date: | 8 June 1967 |
| Collegeteam: | UC Santa Barbara Gauchos |
| Coach: | Gregg Wilson |
| Show-Medals: | "yes" |
Sophie Marie Reine Kamoun (born 8 June 1967) is a French former swimmer who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Kamoun, the daughter of French Olympic swimmer Marc Kamoun, was born on 8 June 1967. She joined swimming club CS Clichy 92 and saw success in 1983 where she won the French 50 m freestyle and a French relay title. She later competed at the 1983 Mediterranean Games in Casablanca and won the 100 m freestyle and the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.
Kamoun represented France at the 1984 Summer Olympics. She qualified for the B Final in the 100 m freestyle and finished 13th overall.[1] She also was on France's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay team and finished 8th.
Kamoun enrolled at the University of California, Santa Barbara and was a student-athlete on the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos women's swim team. She competed with the Gauchos from 1987 to 1989 and was named a two-time All-American as part of the Gauchos 200 and 800 freestyle relay teams.[2]
In 1993, Kamoun retired from individual swims and was credited with 26 French swimming titles throughout her career.[3] The following year, Francis Luyce, the president of the French Swimming Federation, brought Kamoun on to handle communications.[4] She later became a communications director at Nike, Inc. in France.[3]
Kamoun was awarded the Knight rank of the Ordre national du Mérite in October 2013.[5] She has stayed involved with swimming, leading a press agency and working with Charlotte Bonnet, Fantine Lesaffre, Mehdy Metella, and Maxime Grousset.[6] [7] She has worked to teach children how to swim.[8]
Kamoun met Stephen Roche, the 1987 Tour de France winner, at the 2001 Tour de France and they later began a relationship.[9] The couple moved to Paris in summer of 2002 and live with Kamoun's son from a previous relationship.[9]