Tony Estanguet

Tony Estanguet, three-time world and European champion in slalom canoeing, is the first French athlete to have won three gold medals at three different Olympic Games.

Flag-bearer for the French delegation at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, he was a member of the International Olympic Committee from 2013 to 2021. In 2017, he became Chairman of the Paris 2024 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.