Benoît Peschier

Benoît Peschier

Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing France
Olympic Games
	2004 Athens	K-1
World Championships
	2005 Penrith	K-1 team
	2002 Bourg St.-Maurice	K-1 team

Benoît Peschier (born 21 May 1980 in Guilherand-Granges, Ardèche) is a French-Greek slalom canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Peschier also won two medals in the K-1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold in 2005 and a bronze in 2002.

He represented Greece from 2009 to 2010. In 2013 he returned to the international scene representing France. His brother Nicolas Peschier is a multiple medalist from world and European championships.

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
• Sports-reference.com profile
• Overview of athlete's results at canoeslalom.net