Maxime Beaumont (born 23 April 1982) is a French
sprint canoe
A sprint canoe is a canoe used in International Canoe Federation canoe sprint. It is an open boat propelled by one, two or four paddlers from a kneeling position, using single-bladed paddles. The difficulty of balance can depend on how wide or n ...
ist. He competed in the individual 200 m event at the
2012
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and 2016 Olympics and finished fourth and second, respectively. He won four medals in individual and two-man events at the world championships in 2013–2015.
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Career
Beamont took up canoeing aged nine and was named Sportsperson of the Year in Boulogne sur Mer
Boulogne Sur Mer is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is in San Isidro Partido and forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires urban conurbation, north of Buenos Aires. It has a population of 89,046 (2001 INDEC census). The town is na ...
in 2014 and 2015. He studies at the National Institute of Sport, Expertise and Performance and plans to become a coach after the 2016 Olympics.[. rio2016.com]
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French male canoeists
1982 births
Living people
Olympic canoeists for France
Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2015 European Games
Olympic silver medalists for France
Olympic medalists in canoeing
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Boulogne-sur-Mer
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France
Mediterranean Games medalists in canoeing
Canoeists at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Canoeists at the 2019 European Games
European Games gold medalists for France
European Games medalists in canoeing
Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2023 European Games
Canoeists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
21st-century French sportsmen
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