Fabien Lefèvre

Fabien Lefèvre

Lefèvre in 2005
Personal information
Born	18 June 1982 (1982-06-18) (age 34) Orléans, France
Medal record Men's canoe slalom Representing  France Olympic Games 2008 Beijing K-1 2004 Athens K-1 World Championships 2002 Bourg St.-Maurice K-1 2003 Augsburg K-1 2005 Penrith K-1 team 2006 Prague K-1 team 2010 Tacen C-2 team 2011 Bratislava C-2 team 2005 Penrith K-1 2010 Tacen C-2 2010 Tacen K-1 team 2011 Bratislava C-2 2011 Bratislava K-1 team 2002 Bourg St.-Maurice K-1 team 2011 Bratislava K-1 European Championships 2009 Nottingham K-1 team 2011 La Seu d'Urgell K-1 team Representing  United States World Championships 2014 Deep Creek Lake C-1

Fabien Lefèvre (born 18 June 1982) is an American slalom canoeist who has competed since the late 1990s. Fabien competed for France until 2013 when he became a permanent resident of the United States. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-1 event with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004.

Lefèvre also won fourteen medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with seven golds (C-1: 2014, K-1: 2002, 2003; C-2 team: 2010, 2011; K-1 team: 2005, 2006), five silvers (C-2: 2010, 2011; K-1: 2005, K-1 team: 2010, 2011), and two bronzes (K-1 team: 2002, K-1: 2011).

He is the overall World Cup champion in K-1 from 2002. He also won two bronze medals at the European Championships in the K-1 team event.

Fabien Lefevre began kayaking at the age of 5. At the age of 20, he won the K-1 event at the 2002 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Bourg-Saint-Maurice. He backed up this result by winning the 2002 World Cup title. One year later he was able to defend the K-1 world title in Augsburg.