Sarah Guyot (born 16 April 1991 in

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) is a French sprint canoeist. Guyot is a member of Canoe Kayak Club Tours in

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, and is coached and trained by Nicolas Maillot. She began to canoe when she was 10, following an elder brother who also canoed at that time. Guyot represented

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at the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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, where she competed in the women's K-4 500 metres, along with her teammates Marie Delattre, Joanne Mayer, and Gabrielle Tuleu. Guyot and her team finished last in the final by more than a second behind the Russian team (led by

Yuliana Salakhova Yuliana Bulatovna Salakhova (Russian: Юлиана Булатовна Салахова; born 16 December 1984) is a Russian former sprint canoeist. She won two medals at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań with a silver in th ...

), recording the slowest time of 1:35.299. At the 2013 U23 World Championships, she won a gold medal in the K-1 500 m. In 2014, the European U23 Championships were held in Mantes-en-Yvelines, France; Guyot won two gold medals on home water, the K-1 200 m and the K-1 500 m. At the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

, Guyot competed in the K-1 200 m, reaching the final, where she finished in 5th place. In 2017, she graduated from her training in physiotherapy, allowing her to concentrate on canoeing.

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1991 births French female canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for France Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Vannes Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in canoeing Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games European Games competitors for France Canoeists at the 2015 European Games Canoeists at the 2019 European Games 21st-century French women {{France-canoe-bio-stub