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Full name | Étienne Daille | |||||||||||||||
Nationality | France | |||||||||||||||
Born |
Prague, Czechoslovakia |
September 19, 1989 |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||
Sport | Canoe slalom | |||||||||||||||
Event(s) | K-1 | |||||||||||||||
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Étienne Daille (born 19 September 1989 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a French slalom canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. Son of a French father and Czech mother, both athletes, Daille grew up in Pays du Bugey.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the K-1 event, finishing 13th in the heats and qualifying for the semifinals. He qualified for the final with the 10th fastest time. In the final he ranked 7th, with a gap of +8.44 behind the winner.
He won a bronze medal in the K-1 team event at the 2013 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Prague.
Daille won the overall World Cup title in 2012 in the K-1 category. He also won two medals (1 gold and 1 silver) in the K-1 team event at the European Championships.