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He got to experience the disappointment of not making semis in the 200 individual medley; the opportunity of swimming a semifinal in the 200 butterfly; and the lesson learned from being tested...
Jul 11, 2023 · Arizona State's Leon Marchand is among the world's top swimmers. He'll look to prove that at the World Championships, and then the 2024 Olympics.
- Scott Bordow
Jun 15, 2021 · 19-year-old Leon Marchand became the first French Olympic qualifier on the first day of the 2021 French Elite Swimming Championships in the 400 IM, resetting his own national record by 5.32s.
Jul 10, 2023 · Léon Marchand was 7 years old when he quit swimming. He didn’t quit because his parents, Xavier Marchand and Céline Bonnett, were pushing him to take up a family business. (Xavier Marchand had competed in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics for France, and Bonnet took part in the 1992 Games.)
Jun 10, 2024 · French Olympic swimmer Leon Marchand pauses as he trains with his Arizona State University teammates, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, in Tempe, Ariz. With family and friends — an entire nation — watching, the individual medley specialist is poised to be one of the premier faces of these Olympics.
Jun 18, 2024 · French swimmer Léon Marchand booked his place at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 as he stormed to victory in the 400m men’s medley at the 2024 French Swimming Championships on Monday (17 June).
Sep 14, 2022 · Marchand’s dad, Xavier, swam at the Olympics in 1996 and 2000, won 200m individual medley silver at the 1998 World Championships and spent part of his career training at Auburn. His mom, Céline Bonnet , swam the IMs for France at the 1992 Olympics.
