Tony Estanguet is a French canoe slalom paddler born May 6, 1978, in Pau, who won three Olympic gold medals in the men's C1 canoe single event, at the 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens and 2012 London Games, becoming the first French Olympian to win three gold medals in the same discipline. He won twelve medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, five of them gold, competed internationally from 1994 to 2012, and later led Paris's successful bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics before heading that Games' organizing committee.
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Career HighlightThree-time Olympic champion in the men's C1 canoe slalom event, competing internationally from 1994 to 2012. 1 Classification
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What Olympic roles did Tony Estanguet hold besides competing?
He was an International Olympic Committee athlete member from 2013 to 2021 and president of the Paris 2024 organizing committee from 2018 to 2024.
Olympedia lists Tony Estanguet's roles as competitor, administrator, opening flagbearer and closing flagbearer. Its organization roles table shows him as an International Olympic Committee member as an athlete from 2013 to 2021, and as president of the organizing committee of the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Paris from 2018 to 2024.
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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).
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May 6, 1978
Introduction
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).
Competed In: 1996 Summer Olympics, Lead or career section
His older brother Patrice won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
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