Jean-Yves Prigent (born 1954)Jean-Yves Prigent's profile at the Fédération Française de Canoë-Kayak
is a French slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1976 to 1983. He won a three 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 (K1 team:

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) and two bronzes (K1:

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; K1 team: 1981). His son Yves and his daughter Camille have also competed in canoe slalom.

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* 1954 births Living people French male canoeists Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships {{France-canoe-bio-stub