Léon Marchand
French swimmer
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| May 15 2025 | Léon Marchand sets a record time of 3:48.62 in the 400m freestyle at the ST TXLA Longhorn Aquatics meet in Austin, Texas, United States |
| May 1 2025 | Léon Marchand competed in the 400 m freestyle event at the 2025 TYR Pro Swim Series in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, achieving a time of 3:48.97 |
| 2025 | Featured in Time 100 by Time magazine, recognizing his significant achievements in swimming. |
| 2024 | Wins NCAA championship with Arizona State University at the NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships. |
| 2024 | During the 2024 Summer Olympics, Léon Marchand was filmed dancing and being close to freestyle skier Eileen Gu at a night club, which became a viral social media moment. |
| 2024 | Honored with multiple top swimming awards, including SwimSwam European Male Swimmer of the Year and SwimSwam Male Swimmer of the Year. Named World Aquatics and European Aquatics Athlete of the Year. Inducted as a Knight of the Legion of Honour. |
| 2024 | Léon Marchand won a total of 10 medals in the Swimming World Cup circuits, including 9 gold medals and 1 silver medal. |
| 2024 | At the Summer Olympics, Marchand wins four individual gold medals in the 200 m medley, 200 metre breaststroke, 200 metre butterfly, and 400 metre medley, becoming the fourth swimmer and third male swimmer in Olympic history to achieve this feat. |
| 2024 | Received SwimSwam Swammy Award for European Male Swimmer of the Year |
| 2024 | Knighted as a member of the Legion of Honour |
| December 15 2024 | Named World Aquatics Male Swimmer of the Year. |
| November 30 2024 | Decided to withdraw from the World Short Course Championships in Budapest due to exhaustion after the Olympic year. |
| November 1 2024 | Léon Marchand breaks World, European, and National Records in 200 m individual medley at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Singapore, with a time of 1:48.88 |
| October 31 2024 | Léon Marchand sets European and National Records in 100 m individual medley at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Singapore, with a time of 49.92 |
| October 26 2024 | Léon Marchand achieves a National Record in 400 m individual medley at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Incheon, South Korea, with a time of 3:58.30 |
| October 20 2024 | Léon Marchand sets a new national record (NR) in the 400 m individual medley at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Shanghai, China |
| October 20 2024 | Léon Marchand sets a National Record in 200 m breaststroke at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Shanghai, China, with a time of 2:02.99 |
| October 19 2024 | Léon Marchand breaks European (ER) and national (NR) records in the 200 m individual medley with a time of 1:50.30 at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Shanghai, China |
| October 18 2024 | Léon Marchand sets a new national record (NR) in the 100 m individual medley at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Shanghai, China |
| August 4 2024 | Marchand helped the French team win a bronze medal in the 100 metre medley relay, contributing a breaststroke leg split of 58.62 seconds and setting a new French record of 3:28.38. |
| August 2 2024 | Léon Marchand sets European record in 200 m individual medley with a time of 1:54.06 at the Summer Olympics in Paris, France |
| August 2 2024 | Won his fourth Olympic gold medal in 200m medley, becoming the first French Olympian to win four gold medals at the same Olympic Games. |
| July 2024 | Won the men's 400 meter individual medley at the Paris Olympics, becoming the tenth French swimmer to become Olympic Champion and the first since 2012. |
| July 31 2024 | Marchand achieved a historic double gold day, winning both the 200 metre butterfly (Olympic and French record time of 1:51.21) and the 200 metre breaststroke (Olympic, European, and French record time of 2:05.85), becoming the second swimmer to win two individual gold medals on the same day since Kornelia Ender in 1976. |
| July 31 2024 | Léon Marchand breaks Olympic records and national records in both 200 m butterfly and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France |
| July 31 2024 | Léon Marchand sets Olympic Record and National Record in 200 m butterfly at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France with a time of 1:51.21 |
| July 31 2024 | Léon Marchand sets Olympic Record, European Record, and National Record in 200 m breaststroke at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France with a time of 2:05.85 |
| July 31 2024 | Won gold in both 200m butterfly (with Olympic record time of 1:51.21) and 200m breaststroke (with Olympic record time of 2:05.85) at the Paris Olympics. |
| July 28 2024 | Marchand ranked first in the 400 metre individual medley preliminary heats with a time of 4:08.30, and later won the final in an Olympic record time of 4:02.95, becoming the tenth French swimmer to become Olympic Champion and the first since 2012. |
| May 26 2024 | Léon Marchand performs in the 100 m backstroke at the 2024 CA Speedo Grand Challenge in Irvine, California |
| May 24 2024 | Léon Marchand records 100 m breaststroke time of 59.06 at the CA Speedo Grand Challenge in Irvine, California |
| March 30 2024 | Sets 200 yd breaststroke record of 1:46.35 at NCAA Division I Championships in Indianapolis, United States |
| March 30 2024 | Léon Marchand sets US record in 100 yd freestyle and 200 yd breaststroke at NCAA Division I Championships in Indianapolis |
| March 28 2024 | Léon Marchand achieves US record in 500 yd freestyle at NCAA Division I Championships in Indianapolis |
| March 27 2024 | Léon Marchand sets former US record in 200 yd freestyle at NCAA Division I Championships in Indianapolis |
| 2023 | Wins NCAA titles in the 200 yard breaststroke, 200 yard individual medley, and 400 yard individual medley at the NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships. |
| 2023 | Won Pac-12 Conference Swimmer of the Meet at the Men's Swimming and Diving Championships. Recognized as SwimSwam European Male Swimmer of the Year and Swimming World Male Swimmer of the Year. |
| 2023 | Began junior year at Arizona State University, majoring in computer science while continuing his competitive swimming career. |
| 2023 | Named Swimming World Male Swimmer of the Year |
| 2023 | Received SwimSwam Swammy Award for European Male Swimmer of the Year |
| 2023 | Participated in World Championships (WC), winning multiple gold medals and achieving high placements. |
| 2023 | Contributed the fastest 100 yard breaststroke split time in NCAA history (49.23 seconds) to a bronze medal in the 4×100 yard medley relay, setting a program record time of 2:59.18. |
| 2023 | Marchand anchored the 4×200 yard freestyle relay, helping win silver and setting a new program record with a split time of 1:28.42, the fastest in NCAA history. |
| July 27 2023 | Marchand sets European and national record in 200m individual medley with a time of 1:54.82 at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka |
| July 26 2023 | Marchand sets national record in 200m butterfly with a time of 1:52.43 at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka |
| July 23 2023 | Léon Marchand breaks world record in 400 m individual medley at the World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan with a time of 4:02.50 |
| June 2023 | Won gold medal and national title in 200m individual medley at the French Elite Swimming Championships, finishing first with a time of 1:56.25. |
| June 2023 | Won gold medal in 200m butterfly at the French Elite Swimming Championships with a time of 1:55.79. |
| June 2023 | Won gold medal and national title in 400m individual medley at the French Elite Swimming Championships, achieving a World Championships qualifying time of 4:10.57. |
| June 12 2023 | Léon Marchand sets 200 m freestyle record of 1:46.44 at the French Elite Championships in Rennes, France |
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