Benoît Huot

Benoit Huot CM CQ (born January 24, 1984) is a Canadian Paralympic swimmer, who has won nine Paralympic Games gold medals for Canada, primarily in the freestyle and butterfly strokes.

Benoît Huot
CM CQ
Personal information
Born (1984-01-24) January 24, 1984
Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Country Canada
SportSwimming(S10)
Medal record
Men's swimming (S10)
Representing  Canada
Paralympic Games
2000 Sydney 50 m freestyle S10
2000 Sydney 100 m butterfly S10
2000 Sydney 200 m individual medley SM10
2004 Athens 50 m freestyle S10
2004 Athens 100 m freestyle S10
2004 Athens 400 m freestyle S10
2004 Athens 100 m butterfly S10
2004 Athens 200 m individual medley SM10
2012 London 200 m individual medley SM10
2000 Sydney 100 m freestyle S10
2000 Sydney 400 m freestyle S10
2000 Sydney 100 m backstroke S10
2004 Athens 100 m backstroke S10
2012 London 400 m freestyle S10
2008 Beijing 50 m freestyle S10
2008 Beijing 100 m freestyle S10
2008 Beijing 400 m freestyle S10
2008 Beijing 200 m individual medley SM10
2012 London 100 m backstroke S10
2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m freestyle S10
IPC World Championships
2015 Glasgow 200m medley SM10
2015 Glasgow 400m freestyle S10
2015 Glasgow100 m backstroke S10
IPC World Championships - 25m
2009 Rio de Janeiro 50 m freestyle S10
2009 Rio de Janeiro 100 m freestyle S10
2009 Rio de Janeiro 200 m individual medley SM10
Parapan American Games
2015 TorontoS10 400 m freestyle
2015 TorontoS10 200 m ind. medley
2015 TorontoS10 100 m backstroke
2015 Toronto34pts 4x100 m Medley Relay

Hailing from Longueuil, Quebec, Huot was born with club feet, started swimming competitively at age 10 at the CAMO Natation club, where he is trained by Benoit Lebrun. In the beginning he competed alongside able-bodied swimmers and competed at two Quebec Games, earning silver in 1997.

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