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Tony Estanguet, président du comité d'organisation des Jeux olympiques et paralympiques d'été de 2024, lors du Concert de Paris le 14 juillet 2023 (Champs de Mars, Paris).jpg
Tony Estanguet ; president of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris
Personal information
Born (1978-05-06) 6 May 1978 (age 46)
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
President of the Paris Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
In office
8 August 2021 – 11 August 2024
IOC President Thomas Bach
Preceded by Seiko Hashimoto
Succeeded by Casey Wasserman
Chairman of the Paris Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
In office
5 February 2018 – 8 September 2024
Preceded by Committee established
Succeeded by Committee dissolved

Tony Estanguet OLY (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

1 2 3 Total
C1 18 3 6 27
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

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

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