Tony Estanguet | |
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President of the Paris Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games | |
Assumed office 8 August 2021 | |
IOC President | Thomas Bach |
Preceded by | Seiko Hashimoto |
Succeeded by | Casey Wasserman |
Chairman of the Paris Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games | |
Assumed office 5 February 2018 | |
Preceded by | Committee established |
Tony Estanguet OLY (French pronunciation: [ɛstɑ̃gɛ]; born 6 May 1978 in Pau)[1] is a French slalom canoeist and a three-time Olympic champion in C1 (canoe single). He competed at the international level from 1994 to 2012.
He successfully led Paris's bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics and served as the head of the organising committee for those games.