Bastien Damiens

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{{MedalSport|Men's canoe slalom}}

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{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2012 Augsburg|K1 team}}

{{MedalCompetition|U23 European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2012 Solkan|K1 team}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Kraków|K1 team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Junior World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Liptovský Mikuláš|K1 team}}

{{MedalBronze|2013 Liptovský Mikuláš|K1}}

{{MedalCompetition|Junior European Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2012 Solkan|K1}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Bourg-Saint-Maurice|K1}}

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Bastien Damiens (18 January 1995 – 6 September 2015) was a French slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2011 until his death in 2015. He was born in Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais.

Damiens won gold in the K1 team event at the 2012 European Canoe Slalom Championships in Augsburg.{{cite web|title=Bastien DAMIENS (FRA)|url=https://www.canoeslalom.net/doku.php/en_sportler/spo_13462d|website=CanoeSlalom.net|accessdate=3 February 2018}}

Damiens died at the age of 20 after falling from the fifth floor of a building.[http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/lille-le-medaille-d-or-de-kayak-bastien-damiens-est-ia19b0n3029161 Lille le médaillé d’or de kayak, Bastien Damiens, est décédé] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910020707/http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/lille-le-medaille-d-or-de-kayak-bastien-damiens-est-ia19b0n3029161 |date=2015-09-10 }} {{in lang|fr}}

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