Joseph Bernardo was born in
Algiers,
French Algeria. He competed at the
1952 Olympic Games in
Helsinki, where he received a bronze medal in 4 × 200 m
freestyle relay with the French swimming team (with
Jean Boiteux,
Aldo Eminente, and
Alexandre Jany). Bernardo married actress and theater director
Simone Turck in 1952. Bernardo died on 6 December 2023, at the age of 94. ==References==