Luong Jérémie Loïc Nino (born 25 July 2000) is a male athlete of the Vietnam national swimming team. Having won the gold medal for team Vietnam at the 31st Southeast Asian Games in the 4 × 100 m freestyle Relay and silver in the 100 m freestyle, Luong holds multiple national records.[1][2][3]
Career
Early life
Luong was born on July 25, 2000, in Châtenay-Malabry, France to a Vietnamese mother and a French father.[4] Growing up in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, he attended the British International School Ho Chi Minh City.[5] Luong started swimming in 2009 at the Yết Kiêu Aquatics Center, and joined the Vietnamese national swimming team in 2018.[6] He later committed to swim for the University of Michigan, starting with the class of 2022.[7][8]
Swimming career
In 2020, Luong transferred to Cercle Paul Bert in Rennes where he trains with his coach Mathieu Burban.[9] In 2023, he qualified and participated in the 50 m freestyle, 100 m freestyle, and 50 m butterfly at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.[10]
Honors and awards
Victorix Ludorum (Overall Player of the Year), awarded by British International school HCMC: 2018 [11]
Bằng khen của Thủ tướng chính phủ nước Việt Nam (Certificate of Merite from the Prime Minister of Viet Nam): 2022[12]
Philanthropy
Luong organized a toothpaste collection drive at the British International school in Ho Chi Minh city, which resulted in over 3,000 toothpastes collected for a medical expedition to Quảng Nam province.[5]
