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Born | Toulouse, France | 17 October 1988|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pierre Picco (born 17 October 1988) is a French slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2005 together with Hugo Biso in the C2 class.
He won five medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (C2 team: 2010, 2014, 2015) and two silvers (C2: 2014, 2015). He also won three golds and a silver at the European Championships. [1]
Picco won the overall World Cup title in the C2 category in 2016.
Season | Date | Venue | Position | Event |
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2011 | 26 Jun 2011 | Tacen | 2nd | C2 |
3 Jul 2011 | L'Argentière-la-Bessée | 3rd | C2 | |
2014 | 3 Aug 2014 | La Seu d'Urgell | 3rd | C2 |
2016 | 11 Sep 2016 | Tacen | 3rd | C2 |
2017 | 17 Jun 2017 | Prague | 3rd | C2 |
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