At only 23, Léon Marchand could already retire from the pools and live with his little fortune. And for good reason: its bank account displays several zeros on the clock.
A year after having made France shine at the Paris Olympic Games, the swimmer Léon Marchand is in the running for the swimming worlds, in Singapore. And, at only 23 years old, he can boast of having already won a real jackpot.
How much did Léon Marchase won in 2024?
Léon Marchand is a golden swimmer. In both directions of the word … He thus won several hundred thousand euros in 2024. The biggest of his income having obviously been won during the Paris Games. Thanks to an increase in the premiums granted by the Ministry of Sports during the Olympic Games, the most victorious sportsman of the French delegation accumulated no less than 340,000 euros just for his four gold medals and his bronze medal!
A tidy sum to which you have to add your earnings obtained during the World Cup in a small pool the same year. Indeed, as reported Eurosport His various exploits – victories in several various countries and bonuses – had already allowed him to collect around 162,000 euros. Finally, to this was also added its results in Tyr Pro Series and a mini check that ready to smile: around 4000 euros. In total, Léon Marchand won just over half a million euros just last year. A sum on which it is however imposed.
Leon Marchand can request this amount by advertising contract
The fortune of Léon Marchand, installed in the United States for a few years and which begins every day training at 6 am with his coach Bob Bowman, is not based only on his gains in competition. It is necessary to count on advertising contracts, sponsors etc. Thus, the one who has become Ambassador Louis Vuitton – but also more generally of the LVMH luxury group – would therefore have won between $ 2 and 3 million last year according to Essentially Sports.
However, the quadruple Olympic champion continues to chant loud and clear that he is not attracted to money. “I did not choose swimming to earn money otherwise I would have done something else”assured Léon Marchand in Click. According to The platformwhoever is eagerly awaited at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028 “can request more than a million euros per year and per contract ” With his new status as a basin star.