French canoeist 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 Tony Estanguet President of the Paris Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Incumbent Assumed office 8 August 2021 Leader| Thomas Bach Preceded by| Seiko Hashimoto Succeeded by| Casey Wasserman Chairman of the Paris Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Incumbent Assumed office 5 February 2018 Preceded by| Committee established 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. ## Contents * 1 Racing career * 2 World Cup individual podiums * 3 Education * 4 Family * 5 Post-racing career & Paris 2024 Olympic Organizing Committee * 6 References * 7 External links ## Racing career[edit] Tony Estanguet riding for the gold medal at the 2006 World Championships at Troja slalom course in Prague. 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[edit] Season | Date | Venue | Position | Event | | | | 1996 | 25 Aug 1996 | Prague | 1st | C1 1997 | 3 Aug 1997 | Minden | 1st | C1 1999 | 20 Jun 1999 | Tacen | 3rd | C1 2000 | 30 Apr 2000 | Penrith | 3rd | C1 2 Jul 2000 | Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre | 1st | C1 9 Jul 2000 | La Seu d'Urgell | 3rd | C1 23 Jul 2000 | Prague | 1st | C1 2002 | 26 May 2002 | Guangzhou | 1st | C1 2003 | 31 Jul 2003 | Bratislava | 1st | C1 3 Aug 2003 | Bratislava | 1st | C1 2004 | 23 Apr 2004 | Athens | 1st | C1 23 May 2004 | La Seu d'Urgell | 1st | C1 11 Jul 2004 | Prague | 1st | C1 25 Jul 2004 | Bourg St.-Maurice | 1st | C1 2005 | 17 Jul 2005 | Augsburg | 3rd | C1 24 Jul 2005 | La Seu d'Urgell | 1st | C1 1 Oct 2005 | Penrith | 2nd | C11 2006 | 2 Jul 2006 | L'Argentière-la-Bessée | 1st | C12 6 Aug 2006 | Prague | 1st | C11 2007 | 18 Mar 2007 | Foz do Iguaçu | 1st | C13 2008 | 21 Jun 2008 | Prague | 1st | C1 2009 | 12 Jul 2009 | Augsburg | 1st | C1 2010 | 27 Jun 2010 | La Seu d'Urgell | 2nd | C1 4 Jul 2010 | Augsburg | 2nd | C1 2011 | 9 Jul 2011 | Markkleeberg | 3rd | C1 2012 | 16 Jun 2012 | Pau | 1st | C1 23 Jun 2012 | La Seu d'Urgell | 3rd | C1 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[edit] Estanguet graduated from French business school ESSEC, specializing in sports marketing.[citation needed] ## Family[edit] 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[edit] 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[edit] 1. ^ "Tony Estanguet". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2017. 2. ^ Koranyi, Balazs. "Seeing is believing for Slovakia's Martikan". Reuters. Retrieved 10 September 2017. 3. ^ "The Star Online – London Olympic Games 2012". The Star. Malaysia. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2012. 4. ^ a b "Tony ESTANGUET (FRA)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 10 September 2017. 5. ^ [1] Archived 21 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine 6. ^ "Three-Time Olympic Champion Tony Estanguet Retires From Canoeing". canoeicf.com. ICF. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014. 7. ^ Results of the IOC Athletes' Commission Election * 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[edit] 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 * v * t * e Olympic Canoeing Champions in Men's C-1 Slalom * 1972: Reinhard Eiben (GDR) * 1992: Lukáš Pollert (TCH) * 1996: Michal Martikán (SVK) * 2000: Tony Estanguet (FRA) * 2004: Tony Estanguet (FRA) * 2008: Michal Martikán (SVK) * 2012: Tony Estanguet (FRA) * 2016: Denis Gargaud Chanut (FRA) * 2020: Benjamin Savšek (SLO) * v * t * e World Champions in Men's Canoe Slalom C1 * 1949: Pierre d'Alençon (FRA) * 1951: Charles Dussuet (SUI) * 1953: Charles Dussuet (SUI) * 1955: Vladimír Jirásek (TCH) * 1957: Manfred Schubert (GDR) * 1959: Vladimír Jirásek (TCH) * 1961: Manfred Schubert (GDR) * 1963: Manfred Schubert (GDR) * 1965: Gert Kleinert (GDR) * 1967: Wolfgang Peters (FRG) * 1969: Wolfgang Peters (FRG) * 1971: Reinhold Kauder (FRG) * 1973: Reinhard Eiben (GDR) * 1975: Petr Sodomka (TCH) * 1977: Petr Sodomka (TCH) * 1979: Jon Lugbill (USA) * 1981: Jon Lugbill (USA) * 1983: Jon Lugbill (USA) * 1985: David Hearn (USA) * 1987: Jon Lugbill (USA) * 1989: Jon Lugbill (USA) * 1991: Martin Lang (GER) * 1993: Martin Lang (GER) * 1995: David Hearn (USA) * 1997: Michal Martikán (SVK) * 1999: Emmanuel Brugvin (FRA) * 2002: Michal Martikán (SVK) * 2003: Michal Martikán (SVK) * 2005: Robin Bell (AUS) * 2006: Tony Estanguet (FRA) * 2007: Michal Martikán (SVK) * 2009: Tony Estanguet (FRA) * 2010: Tony Estanguet (FRA) * 2011: Denis Gargaud Chanut (FRA) * 2013: David Florence (GBR) * 2014: Fabien Lefèvre (USA) * 2015: David Florence (GBR) * 2017: Benjamin Savšek (SLO) * 2018: Franz Anton (GER) * 2019: Cédric Joly (FRA) * 2021: Václav Chaloupka (CZE) * 2022: Sideris Tasiadis (GER) * v * t * e World Champions in Men's Canoe Slalom C1 team * 1949: France (Pierre d'Alençon, Paul Huguet & Marcel Renaud) * 1951: Czechoslovakia (Václav Nič, Jaroslav Váňa & Jan Pecka) * 1953: Czechoslovakia (Vladimír Jirásek, Jan Šulc & Stanislav Jánský) * 1955: Czechoslovakia (Vladimír Jirásek, Jiří Hradil & Luděk Beneš) * 1957: West Germany (Günther Beck, Heiner Stumpf & Otto Stumpf) * 1959: Czechoslovakia (Luděk Beneš, Václav Janovský & Vladimír Jirásek) * 1961: Czechoslovakia (Tibor Sýkora, Jaroslav Pollert & Bohuslav Pospíchal) * 1963: East Germany (Karl-Heinz Wozniak, Gert Kleinert & Manfred Schubert) * 1965: Czechoslovakia (Jiří Vočka, Luděk Beneš & Bohuslav Pospíchal) * 1967: Czechoslovakia (Karel Kumpfmüller, Bohuslav Pospíchal & Petr Sodomka) * 1969: West Germany (Wolfgang Peters, Harald Cuypers & Reinhold Kauder) * 1971: East Germany (Jürgen Köhler, Wulf Reinicke & Jochen Förster) * 1973: Czechoslovakia (Jaroslav Radil, Karel Třešňák & Petr Sodomka) * 1975: Czechoslovakia (Petr Sodomka, Jaroslav Radil & Karel Třešňák) * 1977: East Germany (Reinhard Eiben, Peter Massalski & Lutz Körner) * 1979: United States (Jon Lugbill, David Hearn & Bob Robison) * 1981: United States (Jon Lugbill, David Hearn & Ron Lugbill) * 1983: United States (Jon Lugbill, David Hearn & Kent Ford) * 1985: United States (David Hearn, Jon Lugbill & Kent Ford) * 1987: United States (Jon Lugbill, David Hearn & Bruce Lessels) * 1989: United States (Jon Lugbill, David Hearn & Jed Prentice) * 1991: United States (Adam Clawson, Jon Lugbill & Jed Prentice) * 1993: Slovenia (Jože Vidmar, Boštjan Žitnik & Simon Hočevar) * 1995: Germany (Vitus Husek, Sören Kaufmann & Martin Lang) * 1997: Slovakia (Michal Martikán, Juraj Minčík & Juraj Ontko) * 1999: Poland (Krzysztof Bieryt, Sławomir Mordarski & Mariusz Wieczorek) * 2002: Czech Republic (Přemysl Vlk, Jan Mašek & Stanislav Ježek) * 2003: Slovakia (Alexander Slafkovský, Juraj Minčík & Michal Martikán) * 2005: France (Olivier Lalliet, Pierre Labarelle & Tony Estanguet) * 2006: Germany (Stefan Pfannmöller, Nico Bettge & Jan Benzien) * 2007: France (Tony Estanguet, Pierre Labarelle & Nicolas Peschier) * 2009: Slovakia (Alexander Slafkovský, Michal Martikán & Matej Beňuš) * 2010: Slovakia (Michal Martikán, Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš) * 2011: Slovakia (Michal 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