Léon Marchand at the 2024 Olympics: 4 gold medals, 1 bronze, a legendary Olympic Games

Léon Marchand entered the legend with 4 gold medals in the same Olympiad.

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19:19 – The French in bronze!

Despite a complicated last 100m by Florent Manaudou, the French relay finished 3rd in the final behind China and the United States. The French record is broken

The 4x100m medley relay, led by Léon Marchand, finished in third place in this relay final in these 2024 Olympic Games. 5th medal for Léon Marchand and second for Florent Manaudou. 

The 4x100m medley relay final will start in a few seconds now with the French relay team led by by the four-time Olympic champion in these 2024 Olympic Games Léon Marchand. 

18:19 – The last swimming session with Marchand

The last dance of Léon Marchand in these 2024 Olympics. It is the last evening of swimming in these 2024 Olympics. It begins at 6:30 p.m. with, to start with, the women's 50m freestyle. As the highlight of the evening, Léon Marchand will try to achieve an exceptional quintuple. Follow this final session live with commentary on the Internaute website.

14:45 – A funny message on the highway

On the A4, the motorway regulators are clearly following the news by Léon Marchand at the 2024 Olympic Games. "Speed ​​is for Léon", motorway users were able to read to send a message of prevention against speeding. 

09:30 – The last of the last of these Olympic Games 2024

Léon Marchand will be able to enjoy a well-deserved vacation after these 2024 Olympics if he takes one. But first, the four-time Olympic champion must put in one last push during the 4x100m medley relay this Sunday evening at 7:10 p.m. 

Léon Marchand won the gold medal in the 400m medley for his first race at the Paris Olympics. The Frenchman left no chance to his opponents by finishing several seconds ahead at the end of a race that turned into a demonstration, an Olympic record to boot. The swimmer from Toulouse then followed up with a title in the 200m butterfly after an epic duel against Milak before making history by winning a third title in the 200m breaststroke. The Marchand legend didn't stop there with a 4th title in the 200m medley.

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Léon Marchand was born on May 17, 2002 in Toulouse and is the son of two former swimmers: Xavier Marchand, silver medalist at the world championships in the 200m medley in 1998, and Céline Bonnet, backstroke swimmer and medley specialist, who notably participated in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. His uncle, Christophe, is also a former Olympic swimmer, now the sports director of a swimming pool in Clichy. The young “Léon” has obviously been swimming in pools since he was very young, even if he had a preference for judo and rugby before following in his parents' footsteps, going so far as to be crowned French champion in the 200m butterfly in Rennes in 2019, making him the first French swimmer to obtain such a title in 17 years old. A few months later, he won a bronze medal in the 400m medley and the 200m breaststroke at the 2019 European Junior Championships. At the World Swimming Championships in Budapest in 2022, he left with three medals to his name, including two gold.

Who are Léon Marchand's parents ?

Léon Marchand comes from a lineage of swimmers. His mother is simply Céline Bonnet, a backstroke specialist and several times French champion. His father, Xavier Marchand, is vice-world champion in the 200m medley in Perth, Australia, in 1998.

How tall is Léon Marchand ?

The French swimmer, a specialist in the 400m medley, is a big guy in the world of swimming and measures 1.83m according to the latest data from the FFN.

Why did Léon Marchand go to Arizona ?

The day after the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 where he took part in his first Olympic final, taking 6th place, Léon Marchand packed his bags to join the University Arizona State and a certain Bob Bowman, former mentor of a certain Michael Phelps. Since then, the young prodigy has continued to progress and impress the United States. He also made headlines in May 2022 when he broke the NCAA record for the 200-yard medley, previously held by Caeleb Dressel. A performance that was congratulated by… Michael Phelps on Instagram.

Beyond the results in the pool, Léon Marchand has simply evolved since his departure for the United States as he explained to 20 Minutes in June 2022. "In bodybuilding, I did more " weightlifting ", more explosiveness. I am much more powerful. Mentally, I have gained autonomy and a lot of experience because I swam a lot in the NCAA (the university championship in the United States). I did a lot of races, a lot of relays. In competition, I can now throw myself at the wall to win the race. I swam a lot with Bob (Bowman). I improved my backstroke, my crawl. I have more assets than before. I simply swim faster.”

Léon Marchand and Bob Bowman

Léon Marchand based in the USA is under the orders of the legendary Bob Bowman, former mentor of Michael Phelps, and is learning a lot from him. “I was very impressed at first. But he's really a great coach, with a lot of experience. I know I'll be ready for all the competitions with him. And he's really relaxed. He's had a lot of results, so he's cooler, we have a lot of fun training while knowing in which direction we're going, what we want to do. There's a connection that's been created between us.”