Armand Marchant
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 December 1997 |
| Skiing career | |
| Country |  Belgium |
| Sport | Alpine skiing |
| Club | BE SKI Team |
| Disciplines | Slalom, giant slalom |
World Cup debut | 21 December 2014 (age 17) |
| Olympics | |
| Teams | 1 – (2022) |
| Medals | 0 |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | 4 – (2015, 2021–2025) |
| Medals | 0 |
| World Cup | |
| Seasons | 10 – (2015–2017, 2020–2026) |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 1 – (1 SL) |
Overall titles | 0 – (34th in 2026) |
Discipline titles | 0 – (13th in SL, 2026) |
Armand Marchant (born 14 December 1997)[2] is a Belgian alpine ski racer. Marchant specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, US, in the giant slalom and the slalom.[3][4]
Career
[edit]Marchant made his World Cup debut on 13 December 2014 in the Alta Badia giant slalom, he failed to finish the first run. At the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek he finished 41st in the giant slalom and failed to finish the first run of the slalom. On 11 December 2016 he scored his first World Cup points finishing 18th in the Val-d'Isère slalom. A month later, on January 7, 2017, he suffered serious potentially career-ending injuries when he crashed in to a gate during the World Cup giant slalom in Adelboden, Switzerland. It took seven surgeries to repair a shattered left tibial plateau, damaged ligaments and meniscus and two years of rehabilitation to become a skier once again.[5][6] 947 days after the accident, he made his return to competition during the New Zealand national championships in Coronet Peak, finishing nineteenth.[7]
On 5 January 2020 Marchant finished the 5th place at the Zagreb World Cup slalom event.[8]
In November 2025 Marchant recorded his first ever World Cup podium, finishing second, seven hundredths of a second behind the winner, frenchman Paco Rassat, in the slalom in Gurgl, Austria. It was his second top-five finish after coming fifth in Zagreb in 2020. It was also a first ever World Cup podium in history for Belgium in Alpine skiing.[9] Having qualified for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, he finished fifth in the men's slalom recording the best Belgian result ever in alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics, bettering the 8th place by Belgian skier Patricia du Roy de Blicquy in the women's slalom at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.[10]
World Cup results
[edit]Season standings
[edit]| Season | ||||||||
| Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel | |
| 2017 | 19 | 129 | 49 | — | — | — | — | N/a |
| 2020 | 22 | 87 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 23 | 109 | 37 | — | — | — | N/a | — |
| 2022 | 24 | 76 | 29 | — | — | — | 16 | |
| 2023 | 25 | 99 | 33 | — | — | — | N/a | |
| 2024 | 26 | 90 | 30 | — | — | — | ||
| 2025 | 27 | 55 | 21 | — | — | — | ||
| 2026 | 28 | 34 | 13 | — | — | — |
Top-ten finishes
[edit]- 1 podium, 7 top tens
| Season | ||||
| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2020 | 5 January 2020 |  Zagreb, Croatia | Slalom | 5th |
| 2022 | 12 December 2021 |  Val d'Isère, France | Slalom | 7th |
| 2025 | 29 January 2025 |  Schladming, Austria | Slalom | 10th |
| 2026 | 22 November 2025 | Gurgl, Austria | Slalom | 2nd |
| 7 January 2026 |  Madonna di Campiglio, Italy | Slalom | 6th | |
| 11 January 2026 |  Adelboden, Austria | Slalom | 10th | |
| 25 January 2026 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Slalom | 6th |
World Championship results
[edit]| Year | |||||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | Team Combined |
Parallel | Team event | |
| 2015 | 17 | DNF1 | 41 | — | — | — | N/a | N/a | – |
| 2021 | 23 | 10 | — | DNF | — | 15 | — | 15 | |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 12 | |
| 2025 | 27 | DNS2 | — | — | — | N/a | — | N/a | — |
Olympic results
[edit]| Year | ||||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | Team combined |
Team event | |
| 2022 | 24 | 22 | — | — | — | — | N/a | — |
| 2026 | 28 | 5 | — | — | — | N/a | — | N/a |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Armand MARCHANT". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ↑ "FIS profile". Fis-ski.com. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ↑ "Men's Giant Slalom Official Results" (PDF). Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ↑ "Men's Slalom Official Results" (PDF). Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ↑ "De Belg die nooit meer zou lopen, maakt nu kans op medaille: "medisch mirakel" Armand Marchant door de ogen van zijn redder" [The Belgian who would never walk again now has a chance of a medal: “medical miracle” Armand Marchant through the eyes of his savior] (in Dutch). Sporza. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
- ↑ "Deux ans après son accident, Armand Marchant est de retour sur les skis : "Quel plaisir !"" [Two years after his accident, Armand Marchant is back on skis: "What a pleasure!"] (in French). La Dernière Heure. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
- ↑ "Ski: Armand Marchant 19e en slalom géant pour sa rentrée" [Skiing: Armand Marchant finishes 19th in giant slalom for his first race back.] (in French). Le Soir. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
- ↑ "Topprestatie van skiër Armand Marchant: 5e op WB-slalom in Zagreb" (in Dutch). Sporza. 5 January 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ↑ "Rassat claims first World Cup victory in Gurgl as Marchant secures historic Belgium podium". International Ski and Snowboard Federation. 22 November 2025. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
- ↑ "Een tweede week vol emotie voor Team Belgium" [A second week full of emotions for Team Belgium] (in Dutch). Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee. 22 February 2026. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
External links
[edit]- Armand Marchant at FIS (alpine)
- Armand Marchant at Olympics.com
- Armand Marchant at Team Belgium (in Dutch)
- Armand Marchant at Olympedia
- Armand Marchant at InterSportStats
- Armand Marchant at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Armand Marchant at Milano Cortina 2026
- Armand Marchant on Instagram
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