Harison Clarito Andriambelonony - Madagascar's Back-to-Back Junior World Champion | Player Profile

Harison Clarito Andriambelonony - Quick Facts

A Back-to-Back World Champion at 15

Harison Clarito Andriambelonony is the Malagasy petanque player who helped Madagascar win consecutive U18 Mixed Doubles world titles at the 2025 and 2026 FIPJP World Youth Championships. Partnering Nomena Ramamonjisoa both times, he first won gold at Isla Cristina, Spain, in 2025, then retained the title at Santa Susanna, Spain, on 2 August 2026, beating Spain's Hugo and Ainhoa (substituted mid-match by Marina) 13-6 in the final. Reflecting on the title defense, Andriambelonony said he felt more comfortable the second time around: "I was more at ease this time, after my first participation and the achievement from the previous edition. I'm very happy and proud to have been able to retain the doubles title."

Just 15 years old, Andriambelonony plays for the C2BA club in Madagascar's Vakinankaratra region and started playing petanque at around age 12, shortly after completing his CEPE primary-school certificate. He attends Saint-Xavier school in Fianarantsoa. His exact birthplace is not documented in available sources.

2026 World Youth Championship: Three Events, Three Medals

Andriambelonony competed across all three disciplines at Santa Susanna. Alongside his Mixed Doubles gold, he and Ramamonjisoa reached the Mixed Precision Shooting semi-final, beating Spain 22-12 in the quarter-final before losing 17-29 to Thailand's Suekam Panadda and Aramrod Saharat, taking bronze. He was also part of Madagascar's Mixed Triples squad alongside Ramamonjisoa and Avotiana Eliot Raberanto, which reached the semi-final before losing 11-13 to France in an 18-end match that ran over two hours, denying Madagascar the chance to defend its 2025 Mixed Triples silver - see our 2026 World Youth Championship results for the full recap of all three disciplines. Speaking about the triples defeat, Andriambelonony credited the team's response even in a loss: "We faced real challenges in triples. Though we fought back, France had the better luck in the semi-final. The lessons were to trust the coach, show solidarity on court, and support each other."

Defending a Title Won in 2025

Andriambelonony's 2026 gold was itself a title defense. At the 2025 World Youth Championship in Isla Cristina, Spain, he and Ramamonjisoa won Madagascar's first Mixed Doubles world title, and Andriambelonony also took home a Mixed Triples silver medal that year. That earlier success is part of what he credited for his composure in 2026, saying the experience of his first world title "helped me a lot, I feel calmer on court." He has also competed on the domestic circuit, finishing runner-up in the individual/tete-a-tete event at the 2026 Madagascar Cup.

A Family and Federation Effort

Andriambelonony was part of Madagascar's four-player U18 delegation to Santa Susanna, alongside Ramamonjisoa, her twin sister Nameno Ramamonjisoa, and Raberanto. The team's coach, Lalaina Ratsimbaharison, credited two months of intensive preparation for the squad's performance, ranking Madagascar among the world's top three youth petanque nations alongside Thailand and France. On the squad's return to Ivato Airport, family members and federation officials welcomed the players with their medals, before a procession to Barea Stadium where Madagascar's sports minister received the team. Andriambelonony has said he hopes to keep representing Madagascar at higher levels as his career continues.

Playing Style

Andriambelonony has competed across all three World Youth Championship disciplines - Mixed Doubles, Mixed Triples, and Mixed Precision Shooting - rather than specializing in a single role, and his runner-up finish in an individual tete-a-tete event at the Madagascar Cup points to solid all-around ability rather than a narrow specialism. His most consistent results have come in doubles play alongside Ramamonjisoa, where the pair have now gone unbeaten across two World Youth Championship finals.

Achievements and Honors

• World champion, U18 Mixed Doubles (Isla Cristina, Spain, 2025), with Nomena Ramamonjisoa
• World champion, U18 Mixed Doubles (Santa Susanna, Spain, 2026), with Nomena Ramamonjisoa - retained the 2025 title
• Silver medalist, U18 Mixed Triples (Isla Cristina, Spain, 2025)
• Bronze medalist, U18 Mixed Triples (Santa Susanna, Spain, 2026)
• Bronze medalist, U18 Mixed Precision Shooting (Santa Susanna, Spain, 2026), with Nomena Ramamonjisoa
• Runner-up, Madagascar Cup individual/tete-a-tete (2026 edition)

Legacy

At 15, Harison Clarito Andriambelonony is already a back-to-back world champion, one of only a handful of players anywhere to win consecutive U18 Mixed Doubles world titles with the same partner. Alongside Nomena Ramamonjisoa, he has built a two-year international record spanning three World Youth Championship disciplines and five medals, part of a Malagasy youth program that FIPJP officials and Madagascar's own federation have flagged as one of the sport's most productive outside Europe. With his stated ambition to keep representing Madagascar as he moves up through the age grades, Andriambelonony is a name likely to keep recurring as the country's junior pipeline feeds into its senior national squad.