MARCHAND Leon

Date of Birth: 17 May 2002

Age: 19

Gender: Male

Place of birth: TOULOUSE

Birth Country:

France

Place of residence : TOULOUSE

Residence Country:

France

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 200m Butterfly
	Men's 200m Individual Medley
	Men's 400m Individual Medley	6
	Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay FRA France

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 400m Individual Medley - Heat 4	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 400m Individual Medley Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 200m Butterfly - Heat 3	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 200m Butterfly Semifinal 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 200m Individual Medley - Heat 5	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

European Championships

Year	Location	200Breast	200Fly	400IndMed
2020	Budapest, HUN	H (2:13.40)	SF (1:57.77)	H (DNS)

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	100Breast	200Breast	200Fly	200IndMed	400IndMed
2019	Budapest, HUN	SF (1:03.03)	H (2:15.13)	7th (1:58.73)	7th (2:01.53)	3rd (4:16.37)

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

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Computer Science - Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, FRA

Languages spoken:

English, French

Dauphins Toulouse OEC [France]

Nicolas Castel [club]

Sporting relatives:

His father Xavier Marchand competed in swimming at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games. His mother Celine Bonnet competed in swimming at the 1992 Olympic Games. His uncle Christophe Marchand competed in swimming at the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games. (SportsDeskOnline, 06 Jul 2021; ouest-france.fr, 16 Jun 2021)

In May 2021 he had to withdraw from the European championships in Budapest, Hungary, with a sprained finger which he sustained when touching the wall. (lequipe.fr, 16 Jun 2021)

He first preferred rugby and judo, but eventually followed his parents into swimming. He says his parents did not encourage him to pursue the sport. "On the contrary, they left me alone on my project, they even warned me of the sacrifices to be made. It's more of an advantage for me that they have experienced the high level. And above all, I do what I love otherwise it wouldn't work." (ouest-france.fr, 16 Jun 2021; francebleu.fr, 22 Mar 2021)

To win gold at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (francebleu.fr, 22 Mar 2021)

General Interest

General
COLLEGE COMMITMENT
In September 2020 he announced that he would be joining Arizona State University in the United States of America, commencing with the 2021/22 season. "I've been wanting to go to the United States for a long time, and six months since I started my research I already had contacts, coaches who sent me messages to ask me if I was interested. I sent emails, did some Skype calls with coaches. And then I emailed Arizona State and it was Bob Bowman who answered me. It was very cool. It made me feel weird but it was fun. In the United States, you can combine high-level sport and studies, that's cool. American culture and swimming level is another thing, too. I want to discover new things, other people, improve my English and open up a little more." (lequipe.fr, 14 Sep 2020; midnightoncampus.com, 19 Oct 2020)

DIFFICULT PERIOD
He says that the beginning of 2020 was a difficult time for him. "I was trying to find myself a little, especially mentally. I had lost the pleasure of swimming, of confronting my opponents, which is the essence of what I do. I had started on a bad path so I ended up taking a mental trainer. The lockdown [in 2020 due to COVID-19] did me good, I was with my family, I did different things. And I couldn't wait to resume." (lequipe.fr, 16 Jun 2021)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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