Tony Estanguet

Tony Estanguet
Tony Estanguet ; president of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris
Personal information
Born (1978-05-06) 6 May 1978 (age 46)
Pau, France
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
CountryFrance
SportCanoe slalom
EventC1
Retired2012
Tony Estanguet
President of the Paris Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
In office
8 August 2021 – 11 August 2024
IOC PresidentThomas Bach
Preceded bySeiko Hashimoto
Succeeded byCasey Wasserman
Chairman of the Paris Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
In office
5 February 2018 – 8 September 2024
Preceded byCommittee established
Succeeded byCommittee dissolved

Tony Estanguet OLY (French pronunciation: [ɛstɑ̃gɛ]; born 6 May 1978 in Pau)[1] 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.

  1. ^ "Tony Estanguet". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2017.