Etienne Stott MBE (born 30 June 1979) is an English slalom canoeist who started competing at the international level in 2002, initially in the K1 category, but switching to C2 in 2005. He retired from the sport in 2016. He is the Olympic Champion in the C2 event from the

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Career

Slalom canoeing 2012 Olympics C2 GBR Timothy Baillie and Etienne Stott 3

Etienne and his partner

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won two bronze medals in the C2 team event at the

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(

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). They also won a bronze medal in the C2 event at the 2009 European Championships at the

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and came in fourth place at the

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. They won another silver and a bronze in the C2 team event at the

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alongside the other UK boats of David Florence/ Richard Hounslow and Daniel Goddard/ Colin Radmore. In 2012 they were a part of the British team that won gold at the

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in the C2 team event. They are British Premier Division Champions and British Open Champions. At the

, Stott and partner Tim Baillie qualified through the heats for the C2 event on 30 July, and subsequently progressed to the semi-final. The semi-final consisted of one run each, with the six best competitors qualifying for the final. Stott and Baillie finished in sixth place, taking the final spot and consequently qualifying for the final. As a result of their sixth-place finish, the slowest qualifying time out of the six remaining competitors, Stott and Baillie ran first in the final, securing a time of 106.41. The time was not beaten, with Stott and Baillie winning the gold medal in front of a 12,000 strong home crowd at the

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on 2 August. Fellow British boat of David Florence and Richard Hounslow finished second with a time of 106.77. Stott and Baillie's success was described as "unexpected" and a "surprise", with the pair describing winning gold as "mad". Stott was partnered by

from 2005 to 2013. He paired up with Mark Proctor for 2015 and 2016. Stott was appointed

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(MBE) in the

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for services to canoeing. He has credited meditation/mindfulness as significantly helpful in his sporting achievement.

Career highlights

, London - Gold Medal Men's C2 * 2011 Australian Open -

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- Silver Medal Men's C2 * 2010 World Championships -

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- 17th place * 2010 European Championships -

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- 4th place Men's C2 & Bronze Medal Men's Team C2 *

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: Event 1 Prague 9th; Event 2

Parc Olímpic del Segre 6th, Event 3

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3rd * 2009 World Championships - La Seu d’Urgell Parc Olímpic del Segre - 4th place Men's C2, Bronze Medal Men's Team C2 * 2009 European Championships -

Bronze Medal, Men's C2, Silver Medal Men's Team C2 * 2009 World Cup: Overall 4th; Event 1 Pau 7th; Event 2 Bratislava 5th; Augsburg 5th

World Cup individual podiums

Personal life

Born in

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, Stott grew up in

Bedford Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population was 106,940. Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire and seat of the Borough of Bedford local government district. Bedford was founded at a ford (crossin ...

, England, and attended Biddenham Upper School. He studied Mechanical Engineering at the

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Activism and arrest

On 21 April 2019, Stott was arrested with

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in London for allegedly obstructing the highway - in breach of Section 40 of the Public Order Act. He was carried off of the bridge by four Police officers, where he shouted “ecological emergency.” He said he did not regret being arrested, and praised the actions of

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. On 21 January 2021, he pleaded guilty and was handed a conditional discharge and ordered to pay costs amounting to £300. On 2 September 2021, Stott breached his bail conditions which prohibited him from entering the

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. He wasn’t arrested. In October 2021, Stott was part of a group of Extinction Rebellion activists blockading the entrance to

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, alongside fellow Olympian Laura Baldwin. Stott, along wit
Dave Hampton
former GB rower, runs the climate campaig
Champions for Earth
who "believe that there is nothing more critical than addressing and averting the climate and ecological crisis, and we believe that athletes have a powerful opportunity to voice that message in a way that can be heard."

References

External links

GB Canoeing - Etienne Stott profile

GB Canoeing - the British Canoeing Team site

Baillie and Stott C2 crew

Viking Kayak Club (VKC)

Canoe England

12 September 2009 final results for the men's C2 team slalom event for the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.
- Retrieved 12 September 2009.
Five slalom canoeists selected for London 2012
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