Benoît Peschier


Benoît Peschier is a French-Greek slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1997 to 2014. He represented Greece from 2009 to 2010. In 2013 he returned to the international scene representing France.
Peschier won a gold medal in the K1 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He also won two medals in the K1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold in 2005 and a bronze in 2002.
His younger brother Nicolas is a multiple medalist from world and European championships in canoe slalom. Their father Claude is world champion in the K1 event from 1969.

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
200127 May 2001Goumois1stK1
20013 Jun 2001Merano1stK1
200226 May 2002Guangzhou2ndK1
20024 Aug 2002Prague3rdK1
200425 Jul 2004Bourg St.-Maurice2ndK1
20085 Jul 2008Augsburg2ndK1