Tony Estanguet OLY (born 6 May 1978 in Pau)[1] is a French slalom canoeist and a three-time Olympic champion in C1. He competed at the international level from 1994 to 2012.

Tony Estanguet

Tony Estanguet during a convention for Paris bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics at the Philharmonie de Paris in 2016.
Personal information
Born	(1978-05-06) 6 May 1978 (age 44) Pau, France
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Country	France
Sport	Canoe slalom
Event(s)	C1
Retired	2012
Medal record Men's canoe slalom Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 3 0 0 World Championships 5 6 1 European Championships 4 3 3 Junior World Championships 0 1 1 Junior European Championships 0 1 1 Total 12 11 6 Representing  France Olympic Games 2000 Sydney C1 2004 Athens C1 2012 London C1 World Championships 2005 Penrith C1 team 2006 Prague C1 2007 Foz do Igauçu C1 team 2009 La Seu d'Urgell C1 2010 Tacen C1 1997 Três Coroas C1 team 2003 Augsburg C1 2003 Augsburg C1 team 2005 Penrith C1 2007 Foz do Igauçu C1 2009 La Seu d'Urgell C1 team 1999 La Seu d'Urgell C1 team European Championships 2000 Mezzana C1 2006 L'Argentière-la-Bessée C1 2011 La Seu d'Urgell C1 2011 La Seu d'Urgell C1 team 2002 Bratislava C1 2009 Nottingham C1 team 2012 Augsburg C1 2007 Liptovský Mikuláš C1 team 2010 Bratislava C1 team 2012 Augsburg C1 team Junior World Championships 1994 Wausau C1 team 1996 Lipno C1 team Junior European Championships 1995 Liptovský Mikuláš C1 1995 Liptovský Mikuláš C1 team

Racing career

Estanguet won three Olympic gold medals in the C1 event in 2000, 2004 and 2012. At the 2004 games in Athens he won the gold medal after a late judges decision to award a 2-second penalty to Michal Martikán.[2]

Estanguet was the flag-bearer for France at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics opening ceremony. He finished in the 9th position (out of 12 competitors; only the first eight would qualify for the final) in the semi-finals of the C1 event and was thus eliminated from the final.

At the 2012 London Summer Olympics, he became the first French Olympian to win three gold medals in the same Olympic discipline.[3]

He won twelve medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with five golds (C1: 2006, 2009, 2010; C1 team: 2005, 2007), six silvers (C1: 2003, 2005, 2007; C1 team: 1997, 2003, 2009), and a bronze (C1 team: 1999).[4]

Estanguet won the overall World Cup title in C1 in 2003 and 2004. He also won a total of ten medals at the European Championships (4 golds, 3 silvers and 3 bronzes).[4]

Together with his brother Patrice, he developed the Pau-Pyrénées Whitewater Stadium (opened in 2008) in their home town of Pau.[5]

He announced his retirement on 30 November 2012.[6]

World Cup individual podiums

¹ World Championship counting for World Cup points

² European Championship counting for World Cup points

³ Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points

Education

Estanguet graduated from French business school ESSEC, specializing in sports marketing.^{[citation needed]}

Family

Tony is the son of Henri Estanguet, himself a canoeist who won medals at the Wildwater Canoe World Championships in the 1970s. His older brother Patrice won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Post-racing career & Paris 2024 Olympic Organizing Committee

In 2012 Estanguet was elected to the IOC Athletes' Commission. He will serve as an IOC member for eight years.[7] He successfully led Paris's bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics and is serving as the head of the organizing committee for those games.

References

• 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 12 September 2010 C1 men's final results. – Retrieved 12 September 2010.
• 12 September 2009 final results of the men's C1 team slalom event for the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. – Retrieved 12 September 2009.
• 13 September 2009 final results of the men's C1 event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. – Retrieved 13 September 2009.
• DatabaseOlympics.com profile
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tony Estanguet.

• Tony Estanguet at the International Canoe Federation

Olympic Games
Preceded by Jackson Richardson	Flagbearer for  France Beijing 2008	Succeeded by Laura Flessel

Sporting positions
Preceded by Seiko Hashimoto	President of Organizing Committee for Summer Olympic Games 2024	Succeeded by Casey Wasserman

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