Canoe

A look at the Olympic achievements of France’s three-time gold medallist Tony Estanguet, who is now leading the Paris 2024 team.

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Originals

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France’s Tony Estanguet I Legends Live On

This event was held on 31/07/2012 at the Lee Valley White Water Centre and was won by Tony Estanguet (FRA)

London 2012 | Olympic Games

Replay

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Final - Men's C1 | London 2012 Replays

Instead of slaloming down an icy ski slope, these athletes twist and turn on canoes and kayaks through 300 metres of white water rapids.

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Sport guide: Inside Canoe Slalom

Three-time Olympic canoe single slalom (C1) champion Tony Estanguet recalls the special emotion he felt marching at the head of the French delegation at the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Games.

Beijing 2008 | Olympic Games

Highlights

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Tony Estanguet: Flying high with the flag

Canoeing at London 2012 saw veterans shine again and new, emerging talent firmly establish itself on the international scene.

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Best of the Games - Canoe Slalom | London 2012 Highlights

Watch all the action from the thrilling final of the Men's Canoe Single (C1) competition at Eton Dorney, won by Frenchman Tony Estanguet for the third time.

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Men's C1 Final - Canoe Slalom | London 2012 Replays

Tony Estanguet claims gold in C1 becoming the only whitewater canoeist to defend his Olympic title. Estanguet scores 189.16 to achieve Olympic victory for the 2nd consecutive time. His old rival Michal Martikan of Slovakia covers the course the fastest but touches a gate, allowing Estanguet to win by 12 hundredths of a point. Stefan Pfanmoller takes the bronze medal. Canoe Slalom C1 Men's Final - Athens 2004 Summer Olympics - Tony Estanguet (FRA), Michal Martikan (SVK), Stefan Pfannmoller (GER)

Athens 2004 | Olympic Games

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Tony Estanguet Defends Canoe Slalom C1 Olympic Title

United States of America

Simone

Simone Biles - Olympics.com

Sweden

Armand

Armand Duplantis - Olympics.com

Mikaela

Mikaela SHIFFRIN

Ilia

Ilia Malinin - Olympics.com

Tony

Welcome to This Week in Olympic Sports History, where Olympics.com remembers significant sports events from the past. This week, we will cover May 5-12.

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This year's Olympic and Paralympic Week takes place in France from 2 to 6 April and will be the final edition of the annual event to be hosted in the country before the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games this summer.
Paris 2024, the French sporting movement and several organisations have

NANTERRE, FRANCE - MARCH 23: Tony Estanguet (L President of Paris 2024 addresses the crowd during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic volunteers convention at Paris La Defense Arena on March 23, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Photo by Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images)

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Olympic and Paralympic Week 2024: everything you need to know

The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Torch has made its debut.
With its design unveiled Tuesday morning (25 July), the torch was presented hours later to athletes and other guests on a boat on the Seine. The display served to mark one year to go until the Opening Ceremony in

Paris 2024 | Olympic Games

Usain Bolt and Tony Estanguet for the One Year To Go until Paris 2024 celebrations

Paris 2024: Usain Bolt and Tony Estanguet unveil Olympic and Paralympic Torch, signifying one year countdown to the Games

The Fier-Play Association and Paris 2024 have announced the formalisation of the creation of the 24th Pride House, which will be in operation throughout the period of next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024.
The announcement on 17 May, the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, was made

Pride House

Fier-Play and Paris 2024 announce formalisation of 24th Pride House for the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games

Olympic and Paralympic Week 2023 will take place from 3 to 8 April in France.
Over six days, Paris 2024, the French sports movement and several other institutions will promote participation in sport among young people and rally the educational community around the values of citizenship and sport.
This year's

Lancement de la SOP au Pulse le 17 janvier 2022.

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"Games Wide Open. This is the shared slogan for both the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, unveiled by Paris 2024 on the occasion of the 2 years to go anniversary.
Above all, since the beginning of this adventure, it is the ambition that drives us and inspires each of our

PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 08: Tony Estanguet is the President of the Paris 2024 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games attends the Olympic Games handover ceremony on August 08, 2021 in Paris, France. On August 8, during the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, Anne Hidalgo, mayor of Paris, will officially receive the Olympic flag for the handover ceremony to mark Paris 2024 Olympic Games (July 26-August 11) and Paralympics (August 28-September 8). (Photo by Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images)

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The official slogan for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024: Games Wide Open

When Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet looks forward to the next Olympic Games, he does so with the mindset that they will be different.
These Games - the first in Paris in 100 years \- are aiming for a legacy that reverberates across all sections of French society.
It starts

Tony Estanguet 

Paris 2024 president ​​Tony Estanguet: “We need to bring sport across the planet, everywhere”

From three-time Olympic champion in canoeing to member of the IOC Athletes' Commission and president of the Paris 2024 Organising Committee, Tony Estanguet has had an impressive career.
The Frenchman, who won gold in C1 canoe slalom at Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and London 2012, is the subject of an

Estanguet strikes C1 gold - London 2012 - Canoe Slalom

Tony Estanguet, the three-time Olympic champion turned Olympic Games organiser

The French capital hosted a two-day orientation meeting with major stakeholders including the IOC and members of the LA 2028 delegation.

Tony ESTANGUET

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Final - Men's C1 | London 2012 Replays

Sport guide: Inside Canoe Slalom

Tony ESTANGUET
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Olympic Results

Tony ESTANGUET

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France’s Tony Estanguet I Legends Live On

Final - Men's C1 | London 2012 Replays

Sport guide: Inside Canoe Slalom

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