Liam Jegou

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Liam Jegou
Personal information
NationalityIrish
Born9 January 1996
Brittany, France
Sport
CountryIreland
SportCanoe slalom
Event(s)C1 & C2
ClubCADPA Huningue.[1]
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  Ireland
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Prague C1 team
U23 World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Kraków C1
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Penrith C1

Liam Jegou (/ˈliːəm 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 from 2012 to 2014.

Jegou was born in Brittany, France to an Irish mother and a French 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. 2019-09-21. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  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". Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  6. ^ "It would be a dream to race a world cup final in Dublin, it would be insane". the42.ie. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Results (Tokyo Semifinal)" (PDF). Olympics (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Results (Tokyo Final)" (PDF). Olympics (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 August 2021.

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