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After a brilliant career as a high-level sportsman, Tony Estanguet succeeds in his reconversion almost as well. A three-time Olympic gold medalist in canoeing, the 45-year-old has become a legend in French sport and after his exploits, he decided to get deeply involved in sporting bodies on a global scale. Already co-president of the Paris 2024 bid committee in 2015, the Olympic champion, who is the target of an investigation into his remuneration, then became president of the organizing committee for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
A position of responsibility, but one that Tony Estanguet really likes. “I approach my mission from the beginning as when I was preparing for a major kayaking competition. It is a daily battle, and I am convinced that the success of the Olympic Games will have the flavor of a fourth Olympic gold medal”he assures, in an interview given to Denis Brogniart, for the magazine Gala this Thursday, April 11. A mission which inevitably takes a lot of time for the former sportsman, also the father of three grown boys.
Tony Estanguet sees his sons every other weekend
When the presenter of Koh Lanta evokes Titouan (16 years old), Gabin (12 years old) and Léandre (11 years old) and the difficulties of reconciling family life and professional life, Tony Estanguet plays it fair. “I won’t hide from you that it’s complex. I try to go home to Pau every other weekend. And there, I devote 100% of my time to my children”he confides, before saying more about the activities shared with his boys: “We never do it again, with my three boys, we have fun doing sports, skiing, mountain biking, surfing and of course kayaking. They are very curious, they ask me lots of questions, especially if I I’ve already met Kylian Mbappé.”
A very attentive father, the one whose son Titouan (16 years old) is already a champion and better than his father at his age, does not forget the more serious tasks. “In fact, I reproduce with them what I experienced as a child and teenager with my father and my brothers. But I don’t forget the homework. Thanks to them, I even got back into history and geography!“, he concludes.
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