Turin, 10 May 2023 - Alain Bernard, Beijing 2008 Olympian, is the new ambassador of ToSwim, the new digital community in the world of swimming dedicated to everyone: families, athletes, fans, teams, sports centres, coaches, instructors, professionals.

He will be responsible for communicating and promoting ToSwim on the French market, particularly among athletes, coaches and sports clubs, and will work with the start-up in the design and development of digital solutions to improve swimmers' training and performance.

"Our family is growing with another great champion: after César Cielo, we are happy and proud to welcome Alain Bernard," says Davide Berrino, CEO of ToSwim. He is a great professional who will allow us to land in a market as fundamental to our growth as the French market. Alain will not be a simple testimonial, but a true partner in the project, bringing ideas, professionalism and functional technological innovations to the development of our platform. ToSwim, which has almost 10,000 members, has just launched a new version of the ToSwim website.

"I am very happy to announce my partnership with ToSwim," said Alain Bernard. "It is a platform that allows people to share information about the world of swimming. Swimming in the pool, in the sea, synchronised swimming; all water activities, in short. So if you are a club manager, a pool manager, an athlete or just a practitioner, you will find all the information you need on ToSwim.

Alain Bernard, born in 1983, is one of the strongest French swimmers of all time. He burst onto the scene with a gold medal in the 4x50 freestyle relay at the 2004 European Short Course Championships in Vienna, and made a name for himself in February 2007 with a national record in the 100 freestyle, a speciality in which he won gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He also won silver in the 4x100 and bronze in the 50 freestyle at the Chinese Games. Four years later, in London 2012, he won his second Olympic gold, this time in the 4x100 sl relay. His haul also includes two silver and three bronze medals at the World Championships (Melbourne 2007, Rome 2009 and Shanghai 2011), a gold medal at the World Short Track Championships in Dubai 2010, seven medals (including four golds) at the European Championships and eight medals at the Continental Short Track Championships. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2017.

ToSwim is the swimming world's first digital platform that allows users to connect, interact, learn, play, compete, get information and purchase products and services. All in one platform that offers users an immersive, innovative and engaging experience.
ToSwim was born from the spin-off of the R&D activities of Rari Nantes, a historic swimming club in Turin founded in 1899. At the end of 2021, ToSwim became part of I3P, the incubator of the Politecnico di Torino, and in March 2022, part of the Silicon Valley ecosystem 'The Founder Institute'.