Nicolas Peschier


Nicolas Peschier is a French slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 to 2016. In the early part of his career he was specializing on the C1 class. He also competed in the C2 class from 2011 to 2015 together with Pierre Labarelle.
He won five medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds, a silver and a bronze. He also won eight medals at the European Championships.
Peschier won the overall World Cup title in the C2 class in 2012.
Peschier competed in the C1 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, but was eliminated in the qualifying rounds, finishing in 14th place.
His older brother Benoît is Olympic champion from the K1 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Their father Claude is world champion in the K1 event from 1969.

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
201110 Jul 2011Markkleeberg2ndC2
201217 Jun 2012Pau1stC2
201224 Jun 2012La Seu d'Urgell1stC2
201226 Aug 2012Prague1stC2
20122 Sep 2012Bratislava3rdC2
20137 Jul 2013La Seu d'Urgell2ndC2
20143 Aug 2014La Seu d'Urgell2ndC2
20159 Aug 2015La Seu d'Urgell2ndC2
201618 Jun 2016Pau2ndC1