Damien Troquenet is a French slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2003 to 2009. Troquenet was born in

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. He won a silver medal in the C2 team event at the

2007 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The 2007 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the 31st edition. Medal summary Men's Canoe Kayak Women's Kayak Medal table ReferencesOfficial re ...

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. He also won a silver medal in the C2 event at the 2009 European Championships in

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. His partner in the C2 boat was

Mathieu Voyemant Mathieu Voyemant is a French slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2001 to 2009. He won a silver medal in the C2 team event at the 2007 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Foz do Iguaçu. He also won a silver medal in ...

. In 2016, he moved to

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and started racing

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. He subsequently won the Waterman Tahiti Tour in 2018 and 2019. He represented

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in the half-marathon at the 2022 Pacific Mini Games in

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, winning a silver medal.

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1983 births Living people People from Paris French male canoeists Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships French Polynesian male athletes {{France-canoe-bio-stub