Attractive Olympian: Scandal-Plagued Swimmer Laure Manaudou

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Laure Manaudou is a world record-holder and Olympic champion, but it's the fallout from her love life that has garnered the biggest headlines.

France's first gold medalist in swimming in over 50 years found herself in the middle of a media firestorm when sexually explicit photos of her surfaced online after a public break-up with Italian swimmer Luca Marin at the 2007 Euro Championships. Before that fallout, Manaudou had raised the ire of French officials when she left her swimming club to join Marin in Italy.

Laure Manaudou

French swimmer Laure Manaudou competes during the women's 200m backstroke final at the Scottish National Open Swimming Championship in Glasgow on June 27, 2008. Manaudou took second place. AFP PHOTO/BRIAN STEWART (Photo credit should read BRIAN STEWART/AFP/Getty Images)

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French swimmer Laure Manaudou competes during the womens 200m backstroke final at the Scottish National Open Swimming Championship in Glasgow on June 27, 2008. Manaudou took second place. AFP PHOTO/BRIAN STEWART (Photo credit should read BRIAN STEWART/AFP/Getty Images)

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French swimmer Laure Manaudou poses with her silver medal for the womens 200m backstroke final at the Scottish National Open Swimming Championship in Glasgow on June 27, 2008. AFP PHOTO/BRIAN STEWART (Photo credit should read BRIAN STEWART/AFP/Getty Images)

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French swimmer Laure Manaudou is pictured during the Scottish National Open Swimming Championship, in Glasgow, Scotland, on June 27, 2008. AFP PHOTO/Brian Stewart (Photo credit should read BRIAN STEWART/AFP/Getty Images)

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French swimmer Laure Manaudou competes in the women's 200m backstroke at the Scottish National Open Swimming Championship, in Glasgow, Scotland, on June 27, 2008. AFP PHOTO/Brian Stewart (Photo credit should read BRIAN STEWART/AFP/Getty Images)

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France's Laure Manaudou prepares before to swim in the 400 meters freestyle event at the Paris Open Swimming competition in preview of Beijing Olympics in Paris June 19, 2008. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (FRANCE) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW)

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Manaudou, now back in her home country with a new French boyfriend (swimmer Benjamin Stasiulis), looks to put this mess behind her with a strong performance in Beijing; three more medals will make her the most decorated French Olympian in history.

But amidst all this love and scandal and swimming, is Manaudou worth this kind of fuss? We at FanHouse steer clear of explicit content, but there's plenty more Manaudou after the jump to help you decide.

Breaking Down the Basics

Age	21
Hair	Dirty blonde
Eyes	Brown
Arms	Jacked
Abs	Like a mogul course
Tattoos?	Yes, including a lizard where most women don't have lizards
Tan lines?	She apparently owns a small bikini
Ex-boyfriend Marin	Either a public servant or a colossal jerk, depending on your viewpoint

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*When judging, assume that Gold suggests a future of GoDaddy.com-level endorsements, and Bronze points toward appearances in local circulars.

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