Benoît Gauthier
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Benoît Gauthier (born 30 May 1967 in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec) is a
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slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s (decade). Competing in two
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, he earned his best finish of eighth in the C2 event in
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in
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. His partner in the C2 boat for most of his career was François Letourneau. In 2000 he was partnered by Tyler Lawlor.


World Cup individual podiums

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1 Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points


References

1967 births Canadian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Canada Sportspeople from Saint-Jérôme 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-canoe-bio-stub