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Playing for ",[47,106,107],{},"La Boule Aixoise",", he won the Bouches-du-Rhône departmental championship in triplette, mixed doublette, and men's doublette - all in the same month, a feat regional outlet Sportmag described as historic given the strength of competition in one of France's most contested petanque departments.",[20,110,112],{"id":111},"the-treble-weekend-by-weekend","The Treble, Weekend by Weekend",[98,114,115,116,119,120,123,124,131,132,135,136,139,140,143],{},"On 12-13 April 2026, Hatchadourian won the ",[47,117,118],{},"Bouches-du-Rhône triplette title"," alongside ",[47,121,122],{},"Jérémy Fernandez"," and ",[47,125,126],{},[127,128,130],"a",{"href":129},"\u002Fplayers\u002Fdavid-riviera","David Riviera",", in an all-La Boule Aixoise final. The following weekend, 18-19 April, he added the ",[47,133,134],{},"mixed doublette"," crown partnering ",[47,137,138],{},"Mélissa Marsille",", beating John Darrigo and Megane Cacciatore of Ciotadens La Ciotat in the final. He completed the set on 25-26 April with the ",[47,141,142],{},"men's doublette title",", again with Jérémy Fernandez, defeating fellow La Boule Aixoise pair Sébastien Batista and Stéphane Pagni 13-8 in an all-club final.",[20,145,147],{"id":146},"_2016-a-first-french-championship-at-montauban","2016: A First French Championship at Montauban",[98,149,150,151,154,155,158,159,165,166,169,170,173],{},"Hatchadourian's national breakthrough came a decade earlier, at the ",[47,152,153],{},"2016 French Championship"," in Montauban, where he won the men's triplette title playing for ",[47,156,157],{},"ABC Draguignan"," alongside Romain Fournié and ",[47,160,161],{},[127,162,164],{"href":163},"\u002Fplayers\u002Fludovic-montoro","Ludovic Montoro",", beating a Loiret team of Sébastien Mirailles, Julien Bua and Christophe Trembleau 13-7 in the final - a result also documented on this site's own Ludovic Montoro profile. He returned to the top of the podium twice more in the years that followed: the ",[47,167,168],{},"2019 tête-à-tête"," title with CASE Nice, and the ",[47,171,172],{},"2022 doublette"," title alongside Kevin Bonvarlet.",[20,175,177],{"id":176},"masters-de-petanque-and-club-honors","Masters de Petanque and Club Honors",[98,179,180,181,184,185,188,189,192,193,196],{},"Hatchadourian added the ",[47,182,183],{},"2018 Masters de Petanque"," to his palmarès, France's season-ending invitational for its top squads. At club level, he has been a two-time winner of the ",[47,186,187],{},"Coupe de France des clubs",", first with ABC Draguignan in 2017 and again with ",[47,190,191],{},"CASE Nice"," in 2018, the same year CASE Nice also won the ",[47,194,195],{},"Coupe d'Europe des clubs"," with Hatchadourian in the lineup.",[20,198,200],{"id":199},"club-career","Club Career",[98,202,203,204,206,207,209,210,213,214,216],{},"Hatchadourian's club career has taken him from ",[47,205,157],{}," in the Var, where he won his first French title and a Coupe de France des clubs, to ",[47,208,191],{}," in the Alpes-Maritimes, where his 2018 season produced both a French Championship and a European clubs title. After a 2024 season with ",[47,211,212],{},"La Boule Tropézienne",", he has represented ",[47,215,107],{}," in Bouches-du-Rhône since 2025, the club with which he completed his 2026 departmental treble. Rankingspetanque.com credits him with 12 appearances at the French Championships since 2007, a mark of the longevity behind his 2026 form.",[20,218,220],{"id":219},"playing-style","Playing Style",[98,222,223,224,226],{},"Hatchadourian plays as a ",[47,225,103],{},", the position behind all three of his French Championship titles. A 2019 profile from blogpetanque.com nicknamed him \"la fabrique à carreaux\" - \"the carreau factory\" - for his reliability at clearing opposing boules under pressure, a reputation his three-title April 2026 run did nothing to dent.",[20,228,230],{"id":229},"achievements-and-honors","Achievements and Honors",[232,233,234,241,247,253,259,269],"ul",{},[235,236,237,240],"li",{},[47,238,239],{},"French Champion, Triplette"," (Montauban, 2016), with Romain Fournié and Ludovic Montoro, for ABC Draguignan",[235,242,243,246],{},[47,244,245],{},"French Champion, Tête-à-tête"," (2019), with CASE Nice",[235,248,249,252],{},[47,250,251],{},"French Champion, Doublette"," (2022), with Kevin Bonvarlet",[235,254,255,258],{},[47,256,257],{},"Masters de Petanque champion"," (2018)",[235,260,261,264,265,268],{},[47,262,263],{},"Winner, Coupe de France des clubs"," (2017 with ABC Draguignan, 2018 with CASE Nice) ",[47,266,267],{},"and Coupe d'Europe des clubs"," (2018, CASE Nice)",[235,270,271,274],{},[47,272,273],{},"Historic treble of Bouches-du-Rhône departmental titles"," (April 2026): triplette, mixed doublette, and men's doublette, all with La Boule Aixoise",[20,276,278],{"id":277},"legacy","Legacy",[98,280,281],{},"A decade on from his first French Championship, Michel Hatchadourian used April 2026 to prove his shooting game has lost nothing to time: three departmental titles in three weekends, spread across three different partnerships, is a workload few players at any level attempt in a single season. With three French Championships, a Masters de Petanque crown, and two club-level European and national cup wins already secured, the 2026 treble reads less like a late-career surprise than confirmation of one of French club petanque's most durable shooters.",{"title":283,"searchDepth":284,"depth":284,"links":285},"",2,[286,287,288,289,290,291,292,293,294],{"id":22,"depth":284,"text":23},{"id":95,"depth":284,"text":96},{"id":111,"depth":284,"text":112},{"id":146,"depth":284,"text":147},{"id":176,"depth":284,"text":177},{"id":199,"depth":284,"text":200},{"id":219,"depth":284,"text":220},{"id":229,"depth":284,"text":230},{"id":277,"depth":284,"text":278},"Michel Hatchadourian profile: the French shooter who swept three Bouches-du-Rhône departmental titles in April 2026, a 3-time French Champion and 2018 Masters de Petanque winner with La Boule Aixoise.","md",[298,301,304,307],{"question":299,"answer":300},"Who is Michel Hatchadourian?","Michel Hatchadourian is a French petanque shooter, born 28 September 1988, a three-time French Champion (triplette 2016, tête-à-tête 2019, doublette 2022) and a 2018 Masters de Petanque winner. He plays for La Boule Aixoise in Bouches-du-Rhône, after earlier spells at ABC Draguignan, CASE Nice and La Boule Tropézienne.",{"question":302,"answer":303},"What did Michel Hatchadourian achieve in April 2026?","He completed a rare treble of Bouches-du-Rhône departmental championships across three consecutive weekends: the triplette title (12-13 April) with Jérémy Fernandez and David Riviera, the mixed doublette title (18-19 April) with Mélissa Marsille, and the men's doublette title (25-26 April) with Jérémy Fernandez, beating Sébastien Batista and Stéphane Pagni 13-8 in the final. All three wins came with his club, La Boule Aixoise.",{"question":305,"answer":306},"What is Michel Hatchadourian's biggest title?","His first French Championship, in triplette at Montauban in 2016, playing for ABC Draguignan alongside Romain Fournié and Ludovic Montoro. The trio beat a Loiret team 13-7 in the final. He added two more French titles later - tête-à-tête in 2019 and doublette in 2022 with Kevin Bonvarlet - plus the 2018 Masters de Petanque.",{"question":308,"answer":309},"Which club does Michel Hatchadourian play for?","La Boule Aixoise, as of the 2025-2026 seasons. He previously played for ABC Draguignan (winning a Coupe de France des clubs there in 2017), CASE Nice (where he won the 2018 Coupe de France des clubs and Coupe d'Europe des clubs), and La Boule Tropézienne in 2024.","🇫🇷","\u002Fimages\u002Fplayers\u002Fmichel-hatchadourian.png","2026-09-16",{},"France",true,"\u002Fplayers\u002Fen\u002Fmichel-hatchadourian","Shooter",{"title":5,"description":295},"players\u002Fen\u002Fmichel-hatchadourian",[321,322,323,324,325,326,327,328],"michel hatchadourian","french petanque","shooter","tireur","la boule aixoise","case nice","masters de petanque","bouches-du-rhone",0,"TUED3780ziUsHaL8AZZlqkIzklOyIPIClAbLlO29kQ0",1790080187223]