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. He won a gold medal in the
C1 event at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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in
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Gargaud Chanut also won nine medals at the ]ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
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with four golds (C1: 2011
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, C1 team: 2021
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, C2 team: 2010
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, 2011), three silvers (C1 team: 2009
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, C2: 2010, 2011) and two bronzes (C1 team: 2013
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, 2017
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). He won nine medals at the European Championships
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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 World Cup
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title in C1 in 2021
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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 Loire
The Loire ( , , ; ; ; ; ) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône.
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river in Orléans
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(US) and [Tony Estanguet
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He successfully led Paris's bid for the 2024 Summer Olymp ...]
, 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.][
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World Cup individual podiums
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French male canoeists
Living people
Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic canoeists for 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 sportsmen
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