Tony Estanguet

Tony Estanguet (; 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 , having been inducted as a ('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 in 2000.

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).

He announced his retirement on 30 November 2012.

Post-racing career 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.

Personal life Estanguet graduated from French business school ESSEC, specializing in sports marketing.

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.

World Cup individual podiums Total C1 18 3 6 27

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 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