Tony Estanguet

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
Pau, France
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
CountryFrance
SportCanoe slalom
Event(s)C1
Retired2012
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 SydneyC1
2004 AthensC1
2012 LondonC1
World Championships
2005 PenrithC1 team
2006 PragueC1
2007 Foz do IgauçuC1 team
2009 La Seu d'UrgellC1
2010 TacenC1
1997 Três CoroasC1 team
2003 AugsburgC1
2003 AugsburgC1 team
2005 PenrithC1
2007 Foz do IgauçuC1
2009 La Seu d'UrgellC1 team
1999 La Seu d'UrgellC1 team
European Championships
2000 MezzanaC1
2006 L'Argentière-la-BesséeC1
2011 La Seu d'UrgellC1
2011 La Seu d'UrgellC1 team
2002 BratislavaC1
2009 NottinghamC1 team
2012 AugsburgC1
2007 Liptovský MikulášC1 team
2010 BratislavaC1 team
2012 AugsburgC1 team
Junior World Championships
1994 WausauC1 team
1996 LipnoC1 team
Junior European Championships
1995 Liptovský MikulášC1
1995 Liptovský MikulášC1 team
Tony Estanguet
President of the Paris Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Assumed office
05 February 2018
LeaderThomas Bach
Preceded byYoshirō Mori
Succeeded byCasey Wasserman
President of the Paris Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Assumed office
06 February 2018
Preceded byCommittee established

Racing career
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
Season Date Venue Position Event
199625 Aug 1996Prague1stC1
19973 Aug 1997Minden1stC1
199920 Jun 1999Tacen3rdC1
200030 Apr 2000Penrith3rdC1
2 Jul 2000Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre1stC1
9 Jul 2000La Seu d'Urgell3rdC1
23 Jul 2000Prague1stC1
200226 May 2002Guangzhou1stC1
200331 Jul 2003Bratislava1stC1
3 Aug 2003Bratislava1stC1
200423 Apr 2004Athens1stC1
23 May 2004La Seu d'Urgell1stC1
11 Jul 2004Prague1stC1
25 Jul 2004Bourg St.-Maurice1stC1
200517 Jul 2005Augsburg3rdC1
24 Jul 2005La Seu d'Urgell1stC1
1 Oct 2005Penrith2ndC11
20062 Jul 2006L'Argentière-la-Bessée1stC12
6 Aug 2006Prague1stC11
200718 Mar 2007Foz do Iguaçu1stC13
200821 Jun 2008Prague1stC1
200912 Jul 2009Augsburg1stC1
201027 Jun 2010La Seu d'Urgell2ndC1
4 Jul 2010Augsburg2ndC1
20119 Jul 2011Markkleeberg3rdC1
201216 Jun 2012Pau1stC1
23 Jun 2012La Seu d'Urgell3rdC1
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 & 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
  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". Thestar.com.my. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  4. "Tony ESTANGUET (FRA)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  5. Archived 21 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Three-Time Olympic Champion Tony Estanguet Retires From Canoeing". www.canoeicf.com. ICF. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  7. Results of the IOC Athletes' Commission Election
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Jackson Richardson		 Flagbearer for  France
Beijing 2008		 Succeeded by
Laura Flessel
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Yoshirō Mori		 President of Organizing Committee for Summer Olympic Games
2024		 Succeeded by
Casey Wasserman

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