Over the past two years, 26-year-old Leon Chevalier has become one of the world’s best long-course triathletes with two top-10 finishes in last year’s Ironman Worlds and winning some of the toughest iron-distance races on the planet. With more success at IM South Africa in March, he’s firmly established himself as a contender for the 2023 world title in Nice, in September. But chances are, you won’t have heard of him until now. Well, let’s put that right…
220: Your accent is tricky to place. Is it explained by your upbringing?
I was born in Paris and my whole family is French, but just before I turned two, mum got a job offer in New York, soin France, but went to an international school where classes were delivered in English, before moving to the UK in 2018.
