OLIVIER Marc-Antoine

MARATHON SWIMMING

Olympic Games

Year	Location	10km
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	3

World Championships

Year	Location	5km	10km	25km	5km - TTT X	5km - TR X
2019	Gwangju, KOR	-	2	DNF	-	6
2017	Budapest, HUN	1	3	-	-	1
2015	Kazan, RUS	-	6	DNF	11	-

European Championships

Year	Location	5km	10km	5km - TR X
2020	Budakalasz, HUN	2	2	4
2018	Glasgow, GBR	7	4	3

World Series overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	10km
2021	1 x 1st
2020	1 x 1st
2019	1 x 1st
2018	1 x 4th
2017	1 x 4th

World Series - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2021	10km	Doha, QAT
1	2020	10km	Doha, QAT
1	2019	10km	Beau Vallon, SEY
4	2018	10km	Abu Dhabi, UAE
4	2017	10km	Abu Dhabi, UAE

Legend
X - Mixed, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, TR - Team Relay, TTT - Team Time Trial

SWIMMING

European Championships

Year	Location	800Free	1500Free
2020	Budapest, HUN	H (DNS)	H (15:30.04)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Marco (bfmtv.com, 16 Aug 2016)

Armed Forces Athlete

Partner Oceane Cassignol

French

Dunkerque Natation [France]

Philippe Lucas [personal], FRA, from 2015

His partner Oceane Cassignol has represented France in open water swimming, and won gold as part of the 5km mixed relay team at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. (lavoixdunord.fr, 28 May 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 20 Oct 2020)

He represented France in swimming at the 2015 European Short Course Championships in Netanya, Israel. (SportsDeskOnline, 26 Oct 2020)

He began swimming at age seven in Denain, France, and took up open water swimming at age 15. (francetvinfo.fr, 22 Jul 2016; leparisien.fr, 27 Jul 2015)

His father and brother were both swimmers. Once he joined a prospects training centre in Rouen, France, he was invited by coach Eric Boissiere to try open water swimming. "I liked the adaptation aspect and the strategy game of open water swimming. It is not always the best swimmer who wins, but who plays better his options." (francetvinfo.fr, 22 Jul 2016; sport24.lefigaro.fr, 16 Jul 2019; lemonde.fr, 15 Jul 2019)

To become Olympic champion in open water swimming. (ffnatation.fr, 20 Nov 2017)

He trains in the water twice a day, six days a week in Montpellier, France. He also has gym sessions twice a week, and includes running as part of his training schedule. (lemonde.fr, 15 Jul 2019)

Winning gold in the 5km event at the 2012 European Junior Championships in Kocaeli, Turkey. (sport24.lefigaro.fr, 16 Jul 2019)

"I want to make history in my sport." (sport24.lefigaro.fr, 16 Jul 2019)

He was named 2020 Male Open Water Swimmer of the Year by the swimming news website SwimSwam. (swimswam.com, 15 Dec 2020)

He was named 2017 Male Open Water Swimmer of the Year by the European Swimming League [LEN]. (swimswam.com, 22 Jan 2018)

He was presented with the 2017 International Swimming Federation [FINA] Best Male Open Water Swimmer Award. (fina.org, 02 Dec 2017)

He was named Knight of the Order of Merit by the French government in 2016. (legifrance.gouv.fr, 01 Dec 2016)