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{{short description|French swimmer}}
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| fullname       = Xavier Marchand
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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 (sport)|swimming]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{FRA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships|1998 Perth]] | [[Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley|200 m medley]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1997 European Aquatics Championships|1997 Seville]] | [[Swimming at the 1997 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley|200 m medley]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2000 European Aquatics Championships|2000 Helsinki]] | [[Swimming at the 2000 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley|200 m medley]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 1997 Mediterranean Games|1997 Bari]] | 200 m medley}}
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'''Xavier Marchand''' (born 4 August 1973 in [[Deauville]]) is a former French [[medley swimming|medley]] [[swimmer]], who competed in the [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996]] and [[2000 Summer Olympics]]. He won the silver medal in the men's 200 metres individual medley event at the [[Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships|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 [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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 [[Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Olympic champion]] as well as a [[List of world records in swimming|World]] and [[List of Olympic records in swimming|Olympic record]] holder in the [[long course]]. His older brother [[Christophe Marchand]] is also a former swimmer.

==References==
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[[Category:1973 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[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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