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Bertrand Daille (born 11 October 1971 in
Chambéry Chambéry (, , ; Arpitan: ''Chambèri'') is the prefecture of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. The population of the commune of Chambéry was 58,917 as of 2019, while the population of the Chambér ...
) is a French slalom canoeist.


Career

Daille competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. He won seven medals at the
ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships are an international event in canoeing organized by the International Canoe Federation. The World Championships have taken place every year in non- Summer Olympic years since 2002. From 1949 to 1999, they ...
with a gold (C2 team:
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), three silvers (C2:
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; C2 team: 1993,
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) and three bronzes (C2: 1995,
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; C2 team: 1999). He also won a bronze medal in the C2 team event at the 1998 European Championships in
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. Daille also finished 11th in the C2 event at the
1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
in
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. His partner in the boat for most of his active career was
Éric Biau Éric Biau (born 4 February 1964 in Paris) is a French slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s.ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
* 1971 births Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics French male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for France Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships Sportspeople from Chambéry {{France-canoe-bio-stub