Xavier Marchand
{{short description|French swimmer}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|8|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = Deauville, Lower Normandy, France
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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | {{FRA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (LC)}}
{{MedalSilver | 1998 Perth | 200 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition | European Championships (LC)}}
{{MedalSilver | 1997 Seville | 200 m medley}}
{{MedalBronze | 2000 Helsinki | 200 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition | Mediterranean Games}}
{{MedalGold | 1997 Bari | 200 m medley}}
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Xavier Marchand (born 4 August 1973 in Deauville) is a former French medley swimmer, who competed in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. He won the silver medal in the men's 200 metres individual medley event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Australia.
Career
After competing in the United States at the college level for Auburn University, Marchand competed in his first Olympics in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia.{{Cite web |date=2020-04-17 |title=Xavier Marchand Bio, Stats, and Results {{!}} Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/xavier-marchand-1.html |access-date=2024-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417194609/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/xavier-marchand-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-17 }} He won his first international medal (silver) in 1997, at the 1997 European Aquatics Championships in the 200 m individual medley, coming in second behind the Netherlands' Marcel Wouda.
Personal life
Marchand is married to former French Olympic swimmer Céline Bonnet. Their eldest son, Léon Marchand, is a four-time Olympic champion as well as a World and Olympic record holder in the long course. His older brother Christophe Marchand is also a former swimmer.
References
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Category:People from Deauville
Category:French male medley swimmers
Category:Olympic swimmers for France
Category:Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France
Category:Swimmers at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
Category:Sportspeople from Calvados (department)
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
Category:20th-century French sportsmen
Category:21st-century French sportsmen
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