Women
FRA
Tifany Huot Marchand
FRA- Date of birth09 May 1994
- Height1630 CM
- ProfessionAthlete, Student
- HometownFont-Romeu
- Place of birthBesançon
- Start skating Club She began skating at age nine in Belfort, France. ASM Belfort Vitesse: France
- HobbiesCooking, writing, reading. (femmedesport.com, 29 Jul 2021)
- LanguagesEnglish, French
- CoachN/A
- ChoreographerN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- Practice low seasonN/A
- Practice high seasonN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
She was named the 2011 Athlete of the Year in Belfort, France. (ville-belfort.fr, 01 Dec 2011)
"Impose your luck, squeeze your happiness and go towards your risk." [Rene Char] (Athlete, 05 Dec 2019)
She was a member of the first French women's 3000m short track relay team to claim gold at the European championships. Along with Aurelie Leveque, Gwendoline Daudet, and Aurelie Monvoisin, she finished in first place at the 2021 edition of the tournament in Gdansk, Poland. (SportsDeskOnline, 03 Nov 2021; sportmag.fr, 30 Jan 2021)
Coach Cho Hang-Min, French short track skater Thibaut Fauconnet, physiotherapist Bruno Chatain. (Athlete, 05 Dec 2019)
In October 2022 she broke cervical vertebrae after she crashed while competing at the World Cup event in Heerenveen, Netherlands. The injury required surgery, and doctors told her she would need a significant period of rehabilitation. (Facebook page, 23 Oct 2022; lequipe.fr, 10 Oct 2022)
Winning silver in the 1000m at the 2019 European Championships in Dordrecht, Netherlands, and reaching the final of the 1500m at the 2018 World Championships in Montreal, QC, Canada. (Athlete, 05 Dec 2019)
FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied for a master's degree in teaching, education and formation at the University of Grenoble in France. "I prefer to continue my studies because that allows me to refresh my mind, to have an escape from short track. I am able to practise my sport and study thanks to a distance learning programme at the university that allows me to condense all my studies during the off-season." (sportmag.fr, 06 Nov 2020; lesportaufeminin.fr, 01 Aug 2020)
She has studied for a master's degree in teaching, education and formation at the University of Grenoble in France. "I prefer to continue my studies because that allows me to refresh my mind, to have an escape from short track. I am able to practise my sport and study thanks to a distance learning programme at the university that allows me to condense all my studies during the off-season." (sportmag.fr, 06 Nov 2020; lesportaufeminin.fr, 01 Aug 2020)
"I knew nothing about the sport at first, it was my neighbour who was doing it. I saw her and found it beautiful to watch. Once I tried it myself, it was the speed that I liked."