# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tony-marchant
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:52:48.972Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tony-marchant"
name: "Tony Marchant"
slug: "tony-marchant"
description: "Anthony John Marchant, also known as \"Tippy\" Marchant is a former Australian track cyclist who along with Ian Browne won the 2000 m tandem event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Marchant had little formal training and only took up the sport at the age of 16 because his friends liked the sport. In 1955, Marchant shot to prominence after only two years in the sport, winning the 500 m time trial and the 5 mile event at the Junior Australian Championships. This resulted him being approached by Browne to team up in early 1956 and they promptly won the tandem event at the national championships to earn national selection. The pair were eliminated after losing their first two races but were given a reprieve when the Soviet Union pair were hospitalised in a crash and forced to withdraw. Thereafter Marchant and Browne were unbeaten and progressed to an unlikely Olympic gold. In 1957, Marchant retired to play Australian rules football, again basing his decision on his friends' interests. In 1958 he made a brief comeback as a professional, but with only sporadic success, he retired in 1961."
tagline: "Australian Olympic cyclist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1937-08-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.68
  momentum:             2.74247491638796
  historical:           13.07012266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%89%98%E5%B0%BC%C2%B7%E9%A9%AC%E9%92%B1%E7%89%B9"
    title: "托尼·马钱特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%AA_(%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC)"
    title: "توني ميرشنت (دراج)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "تونى ميرشنت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Marchant"
    title: "Anthony Marchant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Marchant"
    title: "Tony Marchant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Marchant_(cyclist)"
    title: "Tony Marchant (cyclist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Marchant"
    title: "Anthony Marchant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA_(%D8%AF%D9%88%DA%86%D8%B1%D8%AE%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "تونی مراچانت (دوچرخه‌سوار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Marchant_(cyclisme)"
    title: "Tony Marchant (cyclisme)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Marchant"
    title: "Tony Marchant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Marchant"
    title: "Anthony Marchant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Marchant"
    title: "Tony Marchant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Marchant"
    title: "Tony Marchant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Marchant"
    title: "Tony Marchant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82_(%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%BA)"
    title: "Тоні Марчант (велогонщик)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3081902"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump