Bastien Damiens

Bastien Damiens

Bastien Damiens in 2011
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  France
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Augsburg K1 team
U23 European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Solkan K1 team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Kraków K1 team
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Liptovský Mikuláš K1 team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Liptovský Mikuláš K1
Junior European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Solkan K1
Silver medal – second place 2013 Bourg-Saint-Maurice K1

Bastien Damiens (18 January 1995 – 6 September 2015) was a French slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2011 until his death in 2015. He was born in Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais.

Damiens won gold in the K1 team event at the 2012 European Canoe Slalom Championships in Augsburg.[1]

Damiens died at the age of 20 after falling from the fifth floor of a building.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Bastien DAMIENS (FRA)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  2. ^ Lille le médaillé d’or de kayak, Bastien Damiens, est décédé Archived 2015-09-10 at the Wayback Machine (in French)