Xavier Marchand (born 4 August 1973 in

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) is a former

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from

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, who competed at two consecutive

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for his native country, starting in

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.Xavier Marchand
at Sports Reference He won his first international medal (silver) in 1997, at the

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in the 200 m individual medley behind the

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. Swimmer Léon Marchand is his son.

References

1973 births Living people People from Deauville French male medley swimmers Olympic swimmers of France Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Swimmers at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Sportspeople from Calvados (department) Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming 20th-century French people 21st-century French people {{France-swimming-bio-stub