.jpg) René Cavalero in 1933 | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 20 November 1917 (1917-11-20) | |||||||||||
| Died | 27 November 2008 (2008-11-28) (aged 91) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
| Club | CN Paris | |||||||||||
Medal record
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René Cavalero (20 November 1917 – 27 November 2008)[1] was a French swimmer who won a silver medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the1938 European Aquatics Championships.[2] He finished fourth in the same event at the1936 Summer Olympics.[3]
He also playedwater polo with the teamCercle des Nageurs de Marseille.[4]
In 1941, he invented the underwaterspeargunChampion, which soon became popular and was produced by his company Cavalero; its U. S. Cavalero Corp. branch was registered in 1975 in California.
The image on the right illustrates three models ofswimming fins manufactured by the company during the 1950s and the 1960s:
The company issued several product catalogues that can be accessed online.[5][6][7]
After several decades of competition the company was absorbed byBeuchat in 1992.[1][8][9]
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