Name Tony Estanguet Height 1.86 m | Weight 76 kg Parents Henri Estanguet | |
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Siblings Patrice Estanguet, Aldric Estanguet Olympic medals Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom C-1 Similar People Michal Martikan, Sideris Tasiadis, Patrice Estanguet Profiles | ||
Tony estanguet pisode 1 du web documentaire ckm
Tony Estanguet (born 6 May 1978 in Pau, France) is a French slalom canoeist and a three-time Olympic champion in C1. He competed from the mid-1990s to 2012.
Contents
- Tony estanguet pisode 1 du web documentaire ckm
- Fantastic run of tony estanguet 2nd world cup in pau
- Racing career
- Education
- Family
- Post racing career
- References
Fantastic run of tony estanguet 2nd world cup in pau
Racing career
Estanguet has 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.
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 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).
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).
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.
Education
He graduated from top 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 elder brother, Patrice Estanguet, won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Post-racing career
In 2012 he was elected to the IOC Athletes' Commission. He will serve as an IOC member for eight years.