Mathieu Goubel (born 3 April 1980) is a French

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who has competed since the late 1990s. He has won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (C-1 1000 m:

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and three bronzes (C-1 500 m: 2009, C-1 4 × 200 m: 2009, C-4 500 m:

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). He has won two gold medals and three silver medals at the European Championships. At the

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, Goubel finished fourth in the C-1 500 m final and seventh in the C-1 1000 m final. At the

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, Goubel was the fastest qualifier from the semifinals but finished fifth in the C-1 1000 m final A. He finished seventh in the C-1 200 m final A.

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1980 births Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics French male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for France ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Canoeists at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for France 21st-century French people {{France-canoe-bio-stub