Nicolas Peschier

Nicolas Peschier (born 16 May 1984, in Guilherand-Granges)^[1] is a French slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 to 2016. In the early part of his career he was specializing on the C1 class. He also competed in the C2 class from 2011 to 2015 together with Pierre Labarelle.

Nicolas Peschier

Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  France
World Championships
	2007 Foz do Iguaçu	C1 team
	2011 Bratislava	C2 team
	2014 Deep Creek Lake	C2 team
	2009 La Seu d'Urgell	C1 team
	2013 Prague	C1 team
European Championships
	2011 La Seu d'Urgell	C1 team
	2013 Kraków	C2
	2013 Kraków	C2 team
	2009 Nottingham	C1 team
	2011 La Seu d'Urgell	C2
	2014 Vienna	C2 team
	2007 Liptovský Mikuláš	C1 team
	2010 Bratislava	C1 team
U23 European Championships
	2006 Nottingham	C1
	2007 Kraków	C1 team
Junior World Championships
	2000 Bratislava	C1 team
Junior European Championships
	2001 Bratislava	C1 team

He won five medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (C1 team: 2007; C2 team: 2011, 2014), a silver (C1 team: 2009) and a bronze (C1 team: 2013). He also won eight medals at the European Championships (3 golds, 3 silvers and 2 bronzes).^[2]

Peschier won the overall World Cup title in the C2 class in 2012.

Peschier competed in the C1 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, but was eliminated in the qualifying rounds, finishing in 14th place.

His older brother Benoît is Olympic champion from the K1 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Their father Claude is world champion in the K1 event from 1969.^[3]

World Cup individual podiums

Season	Date	Venue	Position	Event
2011	10 Jul 2011	Markkleeberg	2nd	C2
2012	17 Jun 2012	Pau	1st	C2
	24 Jun 2012	La Seu d'Urgell	1st	C2
	26 Aug 2012	Prague	1st	C2
	2 Sep 2012	Bratislava	3rd	C2
2013	7 Jul 2013	La Seu d'Urgell	2nd	C2
2014	3 Aug 2014	La Seu d'Urgell	2nd	C2
2015	9 Aug 2015	La Seu d'Urgell	2nd	C2
2016	18 Jun 2016	Pau	2nd	C1

References

1. "Nicolas Peschier". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
2. "Nicolas PESCHIER (FRA)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
3. "Nicolas Peschier (FRA)". CanoeICF.com. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2018.

• Final results of the men's C1 team slalom event for the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships – accessed 12 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 September 2009)
• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives: 11 March 2016.

External links

• Nicolas Peschier at the International Canoe Federation
• Nicolas Peschier at Olympedia
• Nicolas Peschier at Olympics.com