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Zazie Gardot, the mysterious rider to whom Leon Marchand dedicated his victory

Zazie Gardeau and her brother Antoine kiss after Leon Marchand’s win.
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“It’s for you, my Zazie,” he said on Wednesday, July 31, after his victory. Since then, all the media have come together to find out the identity of the young woman.

“You are our own Killian, Léon,” declares all French people now, and not just swimming fans anymore. In this first week of the Paris Olympics, Léon Marchand won all the medals, becoming the symbol of this 2024 edition, if we do not attribute any romantic relationship to him, the 22-year-old professional swimmer gave it away anyway. his victories to a woman little known to the general public, thereby raising all the questions. “It’s for you, my Zazie, it’s for you!” We heard him say on the evening of Wednesday July 31 after being crowned in the 200m butterfly.

As reported Paris game , that would be Zazie Gardot, Vincent Gardot’s daughter. The latter is the president of Dauphins du TOEC, the Toulouse club where the athlete made his debut, but is also close to the Marchand family. Growing up alongside Léon Marchand, Zazi, a young horseman from Toulouse, became his childhood friend. According to a number of sources, the latter would never miss an athlete’s event, always standing behind him in the stands, equipped with a sign of support: “Leon, the merchant of dreams”, “Leonissim” or even “Leon the King”, can specifically read: A few days ago, Zazie’s father spoke in the columns parisian “Leon, I did see him born. My wife, Helen, played the Atlanta games with Xavier (Leon Marchand’s father, editor’s note), our children know each other very well.”

Serious accident

Zazi Gardo, who is engaged in horse riding, knows well the issues and behind the scenes of such competitions. A student at the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA) in Toulouse, she is also a top-level athlete. In June 2023, however, he suffered a serious fall from his horse during eventing at Bicton, dooming him to take a break from his career. After several months in intensive care at Plymouth Hospital in England, he finally returned to training. In December 2023, six months after her accident, her parents told the magazine The team that their daughter is now “fully alive” again. Ready to return to competition and support loved ones.

Source: Le Figaro

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