- Tony Estanguet
Tony Estanguet (born
6 May 1978 inPau , France) is an French slalom canoer.He is the son of
Henri Estanguet , himself a canoeist who won medals at the World Championships in the 1970s. His elder brother,Patrice Estanguet , won a bronze medal at the1996 Summer Olympics inAtlanta .He has won two Olympic gold medals in the C-1 event, in 2000 and 2004, where he won after a video review; referees controversially decided to award
Michal Martikán another two penalty seconds which pushed him to second place, only 12 hundredths of second behind Estanguet.He 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 C-1 event and was thus eliminated from the final.
External links
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ESTANTON01 Database Olympics]
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