Denis Gargaud Chanut (born 22 July 1987) is a French slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level in C1 since 2004. Between 2009 and 2011 he also competed in the C2 category alongside

Fabien Lefèvre Fabien Lefèvre (born 18 June 1982) is a French slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 1998]. As a Permanent residence (United States), permanent resident of the United States, he has competed for his country of reside ...

. He won a gold medal in the Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom C-1, C1 event at the

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. Gargaud Chanut also won nine medals at the

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with four golds (C1:

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, C1 team:

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, C2 team:

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, 2011), three silvers (C1 team:

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, C2: 2010, 2011) and two bronzes (C1 team:

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). He won nine medals at the

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(three golds, two silvers and four bronzes). Gargaud Chanut finished the 2011 season as the World No. 1 in the C1 event. He won the overall

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title in C1 in

. Denis's aunt and uncle, Pierre and Cathy Chassigneux, were French champions in the mixed C2 category and run a canoe-kayak club on the

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river in

Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
(US) and Tony Estanguet Tony Estanguet (born 6 May 1978 in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pau) is a French Canoe slalom, slalom canoeist and a three-time Olympic champion in C1. He competed at the international level from 1994 to 2012. Racing career Estanguet won thre ...

, and considered retiring. Denis is the founder and head of the Duo Tonic and Mulebar company, which produces bars drinks and energy gels for athletes.

World Cup individual podiums

References

External links

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12 September 2009 final results of the men's C1 team slalom event for the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.
– accessed 12 September 2009.
2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 11 September 2010 C2 men's final results
– accessed 11 September 2010.
2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 11 September 2010 C2 men's team final results.
– accessed 11 September 2010. French male canoeists Living people Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of France Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics 1987 births Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships Sportspeople from Marseille 21st-century French people {{France-canoe-bio-stub