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Tony Estanguet

Tony Estanguet ; president of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris
Personal information
Born	(1978-05-06) 6 May 1978 (age 47) Pau, France
Height	1.86 m
Weight	75 kg
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 Gold 2000 Sydney C1 Gold 2004 Athens C1 Gold 2012 London C1 World Championships Gold 2005 Penrith C1 team Gold 2006 Prague C1 Gold 2007 Foz do Iguaçu C1 team Gold 2009 La Seu d'Urgell C1 Gold 2010 Tacen C1 Silver 1997 Três Coroas C1 team Silver 2003 Augsburg C1 Silver 2003 Augsburg C1 team Silver 2005 Penrith C1 Silver 2007 Foz do Igauçu C1 Silver 2009 La Seu d'Urgell C1 team Bronze 1999 La Seu d'Urgell C1 team European Championships Gold 2000 Mezzana C1 Gold 2006 L'Argentière-la-Bessée C1 Gold 2011 La Seu d'Urgell C1 Gold 2011 La Seu d'Urgell C1 team Silver 2002 Bratislava C1 Silver 2009 Nottingham C1 team Silver 2012 Augsburg C1 Bronze 2007 Liptovský Mikuláš C1 team Bronze 2010 Bratislava C1 team Bronze 2012 Augsburg C1 team Junior World Championships Silver 1994 Wausau C1 team Bronze 1996 Lipno C1 team Junior European Championships Silver 1995 Liptovský Mikuláš C1 Bronze 1995 Liptovský Mikuláš C1 team

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

He successfully led Paris's bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics and served as the head of the organising committee for those games.

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, for which he was promoted to the rank of Commander in the Ordre national du Mérite, having been inducted as a Chevalier ('Knight') in the order in 2000.

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. He was promoted to the rank of Officer of the Legion of Honour on 31 December 2012, having been inducted as a Chevalier in 2000.

He won 12 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).

Estanguet won the overall World Cup title in C1 in 2003 and 2004. He also won a total of 10 medals at the European Championships (4 golds, 3 silvers and 3 bronzes).

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

He announced his retirement on 30 November 2012.

World Cup individual podiums

				Total
C1	18	3	6	27

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.

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 and Paris 2024 Olympic Organizing Committee

In 2012 Estanguet was elected to the IOC Athletes' Commission. He served as an IOC member for eight years. In 2016, he was appointed to lead the Paris effort to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. The Paris bid proved successful, and Estanguet served as the head of the organizing committee for those Games.

See also

In Spanish: Tony Estanguet para niños