French slalom canoeist
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 in Rio de Janeiro .[ 2] [ 3]
Gargaud Chanut also won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with four golds (C1: 2011 , C1 team: 2021 , C2 team: 2010 , 2011), three silvers (C1 team: 2009 , C2: 2010, 2011) and two bronzes (C1 team: 2013 , 2017 ). He won nine medals at the European Championships (three golds, two silvers and four bronzes).[ 1] [ 4]
Gargaud Chanut finished the 2011 season as the World No. 1 in the C1 event.[ 5] He won the overall World Cup title in C1 in 2021 .
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 river in Orléans ; Denis took up canoeing there aged 12. He later excelled internationally, but failed to qualify for the 2008 and 2012 Olympics due to a strong competition with Tony Estanguet , and considered retiring.[ 1]
Denis is the founder and head of the Duo Tonic and Mulebar company, which produces bars drinks and energy gels for athletes.[ 1]
World Cup individual podiums [ edit ]
Total
C1
5
2
2
9
C2
0
2
0
2
Total
5
4
2
11
Denis Gargaud Chanut at the International Canoe Federation
Denis Gargaud Chanut at Olympedia
Denis Gargaud Chanut at Olympics.com
Denis Gargaud at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)
Final results of the men's C1 team slalom event for the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 September 2009)
2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 11 September 2010 C2 men's final results at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 July 2011)
2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 11 September 2010 C2 men's team final results at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 July 2011)
1949: France (Pierre d'Alençon , Paul Huguet & Marcel Renaud )
1951: Czechoslovakia (Václav Nič , Jaroslav Váňa & Jan Pecka )
1953: Czechoslovakia (Vladimír Jirásek , Jan Šulc & Stanislav Jánský )
1955: Czechoslovakia (Vladimír Jirásek , Jiří Hradil & Luděk Beneš )
1957: West Germany (Günther Beck , Heiner Stumpf & Otto Stumpf )
1959: Czechoslovakia (Luděk Beneš , Václav Janovský & Vladimír Jirásek )
1961: Czechoslovakia (Tibor Sýkora , Jaroslav Pollert & Bohuslav Pospíchal )
1963: East Germany (Karl-Heinz Wozniak , Gert Kleinert & Manfred Schubert )
1965: Czechoslovakia (Jiří Vočka , Luděk Beneš & Bohuslav Pospíchal )
1967: Czechoslovakia (Karel Kumpfmüller , Bohuslav Pospíchal & Petr Sodomka )
1969: West Germany (Wolfgang Peters , Harald Cuypers & Reinhold Kauder )
1971: East Germany (Jürgen Köhler , Wulf Reinicke & Jochen Förster )
1973: Czechoslovakia (Jaroslav Radil , Karel Třešňák & Petr Sodomka )
1975: Czechoslovakia (Petr Sodomka , Jaroslav Radil & Karel Třešňák )
1977: East Germany (Reinhard Eiben , Peter Massalski & Lutz Körner )
1979: United States (Jon Lugbill , David Hearn & Bob Robison )
1981: United States (Jon Lugbill , David Hearn & Ron Lugbill )
1983: United States (Jon Lugbill , David Hearn & Kent Ford )
1985: United States (David Hearn , Jon Lugbill & Kent Ford )
1987: United States (Jon Lugbill , David Hearn & Bruce Lessels )
1989: United States (Jon Lugbill , David Hearn & Jed Prentice )
1991: United States (Adam Clawson , Jon Lugbill & Jed Prentice )
1993: Slovenia (Jože Vidmar , Boštjan Žitnik & Simon Hočevar )
1995: Germany (Vitus Husek , Sören Kaufmann & Martin Lang )
1997: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Juraj Minčík & Juraj Ontko )
1999: Poland (Krzysztof Bieryt , Sławomir Mordarski & Mariusz Wieczorek )
2002: Czech Republic (Přemysl Vlk , Jan Mašek & Stanislav Ježek )
2003: Slovakia (Alexander Slafkovský , Juraj Minčík & Michal Martikán )
2005: France (Olivier Lalliet , Pierre Labarelle & Tony Estanguet )
2006: Germany (Stefan Pfannmöller , Nico Bettge & Jan Benzien )
2007: France (Tony Estanguet , Pierre Labarelle & Nicolas Peschier )
2009: Slovakia (Alexander Slafkovský , Michal Martikán & Matej Beňuš )
2010: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš )
2011: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš )
2013: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš )
2014: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš )
2015: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš )
2017: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš )
2018: Slovakia (Alexander Slafkovský , Michal Martikán & Matej Beňuš )
2019: Slovakia (Alexander Slafkovský , Michal Martikán & Matej Beňuš )
2021: France (Martin Thomas , Denis Gargaud Chanut & Nicolas Gestin )
2022: Slovenia (Benjamin Savšek , Luka Božič & Anže Berčič )
2023: France (Nicolas Gestin , Jules Bernardet & Lucas Roisin )
1949: France (Michel Duboille /Jacques Rousseau , Claude Neveu /Roger Paris & René Gavinet /Simon Gavinet )
1951: France (Pierre d'Alençon /Jean Dreux , Jacques Musson /André Pean & Claude Neveu /Roger Paris )
1953: France (René Gavinet /Simon Gavinet , Claude Neveu /Roger Paris & Pierre d'Alençon /Jean-Luc Houssaye )
1955: Czechoslovakia (František Hrabě /Jiří Kotana , Vladimír Lánský /Josef Hendrych & Rudolf Flégr /Milan Řehoř )
1957: Czechoslovakia (Rudolf Flégr /Milan Řehoř , Václav Havel /Josef Hendrych & František Hrabě /Jiří Kotana )
1959: East Germany (Dieter Friedrich /Horst Kleinert , Dieter Göthe /Lothar Schubert & Manfred Glöckner /Rudolf Seifert )
1961: East Germany (Gernot Bergmann /Horst Rosenhagen , Dieter Friedrich /Horst Kleinert & Günther Merkel /Manfred Merkel )
1963: East Germany (Siegfried Lück /Jürgen Noak , Günther Merkel /Manfred Merkel & Manfred Glöckner /Rudolf Seifert )
1965: Czechoslovakia (Ladislav Měšťan /Zdeněk Měšťan , Emil Pollert /Jaroslav Pollert & Jaroslav Brejcha /Milan Kalas )
1967: East Germany (Ulrich Hippauf /Willi Landers , Siegfried Lück /Jürgen Noak & Günther Merkel /Manfred Merkel )
1969: West Germany (Karl-Heinz Scheffer /Heinz-Jürgen Steinschulte , Manfred Heß /Wolfgang Wenzel & Hermann Roock /Norbert Schmidt )
1971: East Germany (Rolf-Dieter Amend /Walter Hofmann , Klaus Trummer /Jürgen Kretschmer & Uwe Franz /Ulrich Opelt )
1973: West Germany (Olaf Fricke /Michael Reimann , Karl-Heinz Scheffer /Heinz-Jürgen Steinschulte & Wilhelm Baues /Hans-Otto Schumacher )
1975: East Germany (Rolf-Dieter Amend /Walter Hofmann , Herbert Fischer /Jürgen Henze & Klaus Trummer /Jürgen Kretschmer )
1977: Czechoslovakia (Jiří Benhák /Ladislav Benhák , Radomír Halfar /Svetomír Kmošťák & Miroslav Nedvěd /Pavel Schwarc )
1979: Poland (Wojciech Kudlik /Jerzy Jeż , Jan Frączek /Ryszard Seruga & Zbigniew Czaja /Jacek Kasprzycki )
1981: Great Britain (Jock Young /Alistair Munro , Robert Joce /Robert Owen & Eric Jamieson /Robin Williams )
1983: Czechoslovakia (Miroslav Hajdučík /Milan Kučera , Dušan Zaťko /Ľudovít Tkáč & František Slavík /Jiří Decastelo )
1985: Czechoslovakia (Jiří Rohan /Miroslav Šimek , Miroslav Hajdučík /Milan Kučera & Viktor Beneš /Ondřej Mohout )
1987: France (Pierre Calori /Jacques Calori , Michel Saidi /Jérôme Daval & Gilles Lelievre /Jérôme Daille )
1989: France (Emmanuel del Rey /Thierry Saidi , Michel Saidi /Jérôme Daval & Gilles Lelievre /Jérôme Daille )
1991: France (Frank Adisson /Wilfrid Forgues , Thierry Saidi /Emmanuel del Rey & Gilles Lelievre /Jérôme Daille )
1993: Czech Republic (Marek Jiras /Tomáš Máder , Petr Štercl /Pavel Štercl & Jiří Rohan /Miroslav Šimek )
1995: Czech Republic (Jiří Rohan /Miroslav Šimek , Petr Štercl /Pavel Štercl & Jaroslav Pospíšil /Jaroslav Pollert )
1997: France (Frank Adisson /Wilfrid Forgues , Emmanuel del Rey /Thierry Saidi & Éric Biau /Bertrand Daille )
1999: Czech Republic (Marek Jiras /Tomáš Máder , Jaroslav Volf /Ondřej Štěpánek & Jaroslav Pospíšil /Jaroslav Pollert )
2002: France (Pierre Luquet /Christophe Luquet , Alexandre Lauvergne /Nathanael Fouquet & Philippe Quémerais /Yann Le Pennec )
2003: Czech Republic (Jaroslav Volf /Ondřej Štěpánek , Jaroslav Pospíšil /Jaroslav Pollert & Marek Jiras /Tomáš Máder )
2006: Czech Republic (Marek Jiras /Tomáš Máder , Jaroslav Volf /Ondřej Štěpánek & Jaroslav Pospíšil /Jaroslav Pollert )
2007: Czech Republic (Jaroslav Volf /Ondřej Štěpánek , Marek Jiras /Tomáš Máder & Jaroslav Pospíšil /David Mrůzek )
2009: Slovakia (Pavol Hochschorner /Peter Hochschorner , Ladislav Škantár /Peter Škantár & Tomáš Kučera /Ján Bátik )
2010: France (Denis Gargaud Chanut /Fabien Lefèvre , Gauthier Klauss /Matthieu Péché & Pierre Picco /Hugo Biso )
2011: France (Gauthier Klauss /Matthieu Péché , Pierre Labarelle /Nicolas Peschier & Denis Gargaud Chanut /Fabien Lefèvre )
2013: Czech Republic (Ondřej Karlovský /Jakub Jáně , Jonáš Kašpar /Marek Šindler & Jaroslav Volf /Ondřej Štěpánek )
2014: France (Pierre Labarelle /Nicolas Peschier , Gauthier Klauss /Matthieu Péché & Pierre Picco /Hugo Biso )
2015: France (Pierre Picco /Hugo Biso , Gauthier Klauss /Matthieu Péché & Yves Prigent /Loïc Kervella )