Tony Estanguet

Tony Estanguet

Tony Estanguet during a convention for Paris bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics at the Philharmonie de Paris in 2016.

Medal record Men's canoe slalom Representing  France Olympic Games 2000 Sydney C-1 2004 Athens C-1 2012 London C-1 World Championships 2005 Penrith C-1 team 2006 Prague C-1 2007 Foz do Igauçu C-1 team 2009 La Seu d'Urgell C-1 2010 Tacen C-1 1997 Três Coroas C-1 team 2003 Augsburg C-1 2003 Augsburg C-1 team 2005 Penrith C-1 2007 Foz do Igauçu C-1 2009 La Seu d'Urgell C-1 team 1999 La Seu d'Urgell C-1 team European Championships 2000 Mezzana C-1 2006 L'Argentière-la-Bessée C-1 2011 La Seu d'Urgell C-1 2011 La Seu d'Urgell C-1 team 2002 Bratislava C-1 2009 Nottingham C-1 team 2012 Augsburg C-1 2007 Liptovský Mikuláš C-1 team 2010 Bratislava C-1 team 2012 Augsburg C-1 team

Tony Estanguet (born 6 May 1978 in Pau, France) is a French slalom canoeist. He has competed since the mid-1990s.

Career

Tony Estanguet riding for the gold medal at the 2006 World Championships at Troja slalom course in Prague.

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

He graduated from top French business school ESSEC, specializing in sports marketing.

Estanguet has won three Olympic gold medals in the C-1 event, in 2000, 2004 and 2012.

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 C-1 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.^[1]

He won twelve medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with five golds (C-1: 2006, 2009, 2010; C-1 team: 2005, 2007), six silvers (C-1: 2003, 2005, 2007; C-1 team: 1997, 2003, 2009), and a bronze (C-1 team: 1999).

Estanguet won the overall World Cup title in C-1 in 2003 and 2004. He also won a total of ten medals at the European Championships (4 golds, 3 silvers and 3 bronzes).

He and his brother Patrice developed the Pau-Pyrénées Whitewater Stadium in their home town of Pau.^[2]

In 2012 he was elected to the IOC Athletes' Commission. He will serve as an IOC member for eight years.^[3]

On November 30 of 2012, he announced that he retired.^[4]

References

1. "The Star Online – London Olympic Games 2012". Thestar.com.my. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
2. Archived 21 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
3. Results of the IOC Athletes' Commission Election
4. "Three-Time Olympic Champion Tony Estanguet Retires From Canoeing". www.canoeicf.com. ICF. Retrieved 15 October 2014.

• 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 12 September 2010 C-1 men's final results. – Retrieved 12 September 2010.
• 12 September 2009 final results of the men's C-1 team slalom event for the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. – Retrieved 12 September 2009.
• 13 September 2009 final results of the men's C-1 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.
• Sports-reference.com profile