Nicolas Peschier

Nicolas Peschier
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  France
World Championships
2007 Foz do Iguaçu C-1 team
2011 Bratislava C-2 team
2014 Deep Creek Lake C-2 team
2009 La Seu d'Urgell C-1 team
2013 Prague C-1 team
European Championships
2011 La Seu d'Urgell C-1 team
2013 Kraków C-2
2013 Kraków C-2 team
2009 Nottingham C-1 team
2011 La Seu d'Urgell C-2
2014 Vienna C-2 team
2007 Liptovský Mikuláš C-1 team
2010 Bratislava C-1 team

Nicolas Peschier (born 16 May 1984 in Guilherand-Granges) is a French slalom canoeist who has competed in the C-1 category since the late 1990s. Since 2011 he has also been competing in the C-2 category alongside Pierre Labarelle.

He won five medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (C-1 team: 2007; C-2 team: 2011, 2014), a silver (C-1 team: 2009) and a bronze (C-1 team: 2013). He also won eight medals at the European Championships (3 golds, 3 silvers and 2 bronzes).

Peschier won the overall World Cup title in 2012 in the C-2 category.

Peschier competed in the C-1 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, but was eliminated in the qualifying rounds, finishing in 14th place.

His brother Benoît Peschier is Olympic champion from the K-1 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

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