Liam Jegou

Liam Jegou (/ˈʒɛɡuː/; born 9 January 1996) is an Irish slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2011.^[2][3] He is based in France but competes for Ireland. He competes in C1 individually and also competed in C2 with Cade Ryan from 2012 to 2014.

Liam Jegou

Liam Jegou performing at 2022 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Augsburg, Germany
Personal information
Nationality	Irish
Born	9 January 1996 (1996-01-09) (age 28) Pabu, Brittany, France
Sport
Country	Ireland
Sport	Canoe slalom
Event	C1 & C2
Club	CADPA Huningue.[1]
Medal record Men's canoe slalom Representing  Ireland European Championships 2020 Prague C1 team U23 World Championships 2019 Kraków C1 Junior World Championships 2014 Penrith C1

Jegou was born in Pabu, Brittany to an Irish mother and a Breton father. For the first two years of his life, he grew up in Switzerland, before moving to Ballyvaughan, County Clare for the next five years.^[4] At the age of seven, his family relocated to Huningue, France.^[5]

He won a silver medal in the C1 team event at the 2020 European Championships in Prague. He has also won two medals at the ICF World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships, with one silver in the junior category (C1: 2014) and one bronze in the U23 category (C1: 2019). He earned his best senior world championship result, of 24th, at the 2018 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Rio de Janeiro.

Jegou represented Ireland in the C1 event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, after Ireland successfully secured a quota place at the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. This marked the first time Ireland was represented in this event since 1996.^[6] Liam qualified 11th fastest for the semi-final,^[7] and finished in 15th place after incurring 100-seconds of penalties.^[8]

World Cup individual podiums

Season	Date	Venue	Position	Event
2020	8 November 2020	Pau	1st	C1

References

1. "Irish Liam Jegou Eyeing up Tokyo 2020". sportsupproach.com. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
2. "Liam JEGOU (IRL)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
3. "Liam JEGOU". ICF - Planet Canoe. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
4. O'Brien, Brendan (4 February 2021). "Olympics-bound Liam Jegou: 'I've always been very proud to be Irish'". Retrieved 23 July 2021.
5. O'Riordan, Ian (21 July 2021). "Liam Jegou ready to make a splash as Olympics finally arrive". The Irish Times. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
6. "It would be a dream to race a world cup final in Dublin, it would be insane". the42.ie. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
7. "Results (Tokyo Semifinal)" (PDF). Olympics (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
8. "Results (Tokyo Final)" (PDF). Olympics (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

External links

• Liam Jegou at the International Canoe Federation
• Liam Jegou at the Olympic Federation of Ireland
• Liam Jegou at Olympics.com
• Liam Jegou at Olympedia (archive)