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{{short description|Canadian Paralympic swimmer}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name          = Benoît Huot <br />{{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|CQ}}
| image         = Benoît Huot at Canada Day 2017 in Ottawa.jpg
| country       = {{CAN}}
| sport         = [[swimming (sport)|Swimming]](S10)
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1984|1|24}}
| birth_place   = [[Longueuil]], [[Quebec]], Canada
| death_date    = 
| death_place   = 
| height        = 1.78 m
| weight        = 68 kg
| pb            = 
| website       =  
| titles        = No
| worldcup      = 
| medaltemplates = 
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[swimming (sport)|swimming]] (S10)}} 
{{Medal|Country|{{CAN}}}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[Paralympic Games]]}}
{{Medal | Gold | [[2000 Summer Paralympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Paralympics|50&nbsp;m freestyle S10]]}}
{{Medal | Gold | [[2000 Summer Paralympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Paralympics|100&nbsp;m butterfly S10]]}}
{{Medal | Gold | [[2000 Summer Paralympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Paralympics|200&nbsp;m individual medley SM10]]}}
{{Medal | Gold | [[2004 Summer Paralympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|50&nbsp;m freestyle S10]]}}
{{Medal | Gold | [[2004 Summer Paralympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|100&nbsp;m freestyle S10]]}}
{{Medal | Gold | [[2004 Summer Paralympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|400&nbsp;m freestyle S10]]}}
{{Medal | Gold | [[2004 Summer Paralympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|100&nbsp;m butterfly S10]]}}
{{Medal | Gold | [[2004 Summer Paralympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|200&nbsp;m individual medley SM10]]}}
{{Medal | Gold | [[2012 Summer Paralympics|2012 London]] | [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics|200&nbsp;m individual medley SM10]]}}
{{Medal | Silver | [[2000 Summer Paralympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Paralympics|100&nbsp;m freestyle S10]]}}
{{Medal | Silver | [[2000 Summer Paralympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Paralympics|400&nbsp;m freestyle S10]]}}
{{Medal | Silver | [[2000 Summer Paralympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Paralympics|100&nbsp;m backstroke S10]]}}
{{Medal | Silver | [[2004 Summer Paralympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|100&nbsp;m backstroke S10]]}}
{{Medal | Silver | [[2012 Summer Paralympics|2012 London]] | [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics|400&nbsp;m freestyle S10]]}}
{{Medal | Bronze | [[2008 Summer Paralympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|50&nbsp;m freestyle S10]]}}
{{Medal | Bronze | [[2008 Summer Paralympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|100&nbsp;m freestyle S10]]}}
{{Medal | Bronze | [[2008 Summer Paralympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|400&nbsp;m freestyle S10]]}}
{{Medal | Bronze | [[2008 Summer Paralympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|200&nbsp;m individual medley SM10]]}}
{{Medal | Bronze | [[2012 Summer Paralympics|2012 London]] | [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics|100&nbsp;m backstroke S10]]}}
{{Medal | Bronze | [[2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]] | [[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|400&nbsp;m freestyle S10]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IPC Swimming World Championships|IPC World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2015 IPC Swimming World Championships|2015 Glasgow]] | [[2015 IPC Swimming World Championships – Men's 200 metre medley|200m medley SM10]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2015 IPC Swimming World Championships|2015 Glasgow]] | [[2015 IPC Swimming World Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle|400m freestyle S10]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2015 IPC Swimming World Championships|2015 Glasgow]]|[[2015 IPC Swimming World Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke|100 m backstroke]] S10}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IPC Swimming World Championships|IPC World Championships - 25m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2009 IPC Swimming World Championships 25 m|2009 Rio de Janeiro]] | 50 m freestyle S10}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2009 IPC Swimming World Championships 25 m|2009 Rio de Janeiro]] | 100 m freestyle S10}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2009 IPC Swimming World Championships 25 m|2009 Rio de Janeiro]] | 200 m individual medley SM10}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Parapan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2015 Parapan American Games|2015 Toronto]]|[[Swimming at the 2015 Parapan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle S10|S10 400&nbsp;m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2015 Parapan American Games|2015 Toronto]]|[[Swimming at the 2015 Parapan American Games – Men's 200 metre medley S10|S10 200&nbsp;m ind. medley]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2015 Parapan American Games|2015 Toronto]]|[[Swimming at the 2015 Parapan American Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke S10(S9-10)|S10 100&nbsp;m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2015 Parapan American Games|2015 Toronto]]|[[Swimming at the 2015 Parapan American Games – Men's 4x100 metre Medley Relay 34pts|34pts 4x100&nbsp;m Medley Relay]]}}
}}

'''Benoit Huot''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|CQ}} (born January 24, 1984) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[Paralympics|Paralympic]] swimmer, who has won nine Paralympic Games gold medals for Canada, primarily in the [[Freestyle swimming|freestyle]] and [[Butterfly swimming|butterfly]] strokes.<ref name=CNW>{{cite web|title=Benoît Huot "The Shark" named Team Canada Flag Bearer for London 2012 Paralympic Games Closing Ceremony|url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1032713/benoit-huot-the-shark-named-team-canada-flag-bearer-for-london-2012-paralympic-games-closing-ceremony|publisher=Canada Newswire|accessdate=September 9, 2012|author=Canadian Paralympic Committee|date=September 9, 2012|archive-date=February 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221224534/http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1032713/benoit-huot-the-shark-named-team-canada-flag-bearer-for-london-2012-paralympic-games-closing-ceremony|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Hailing from [[Longueuil]], [[Quebec]], Huot was born with [[Club foot|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.

==Career==
Benoit Huot made his international debut in 1998 as a member of Canada's team at the International Paralympic Committee world championships, where he won two gold and four silver medals. He added three more gold and three silver medals at the [[2000 Paralympics]] and eight medals at the [[2002 IPC Swimming World Championships]].

In 2003, Huot was named the male athlete of the year with a disability by the [[International Commonwealth Federation]].

In 2004, Huot grabbed five gold medals, one silver medal and three world records at the [[2004 Paralympic Games]] in [[Athens]].

In 2005, Huot won six golds at the Disability Sport England Swimming Championships. He then went on to take a gold and a silver at the inaugural [[Paralympic World Cup]] in Manchester in events that were swum just 15 minutes apart. This led the ''[[Swimming World Magazine]]'' to award him the [[Swimming World Swimmers of the Year|World Disabled Swimmer of the Year]] award.

At the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] in London he won gold, silver, and bronze medals, giving him a total of 19 medals in four Paralympic Games. He was named Canada's flag bearer for the Games [[2012 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony|closing ceremony]].<ref name=CNW/>

Huot has served on the athletes' council with Swimming Canada, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and Commonwealth Games Federation.<ref name=CNW/>

==Awards and honours==
In 2011, Huot was inducted into the [[Canadian Disability Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Previous Hall of Fame Inductees|url=https://www.cfpdp.com/previous-hall-of-fame-inductees/|website=Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref> In December 2016, Huot was named a [[Member of the Order of Canada]].<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/order-canada-newest-appointees-2016-150-1.3916634 "Order of Canada's newest appointees include Paralympian, Supreme Court judge and astrophysicist"]. [[CBC News]], December 30, 2016.</ref> In 2018, he was made a Knight of the [[National Order of Quebec]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.premier-ministre.gouv.qc.ca/actualites/communiques/2018/juin/2018-06-13-annexe.pdf|title=Citation|language=French}}</ref>

==Robbery==
On July 27, 2014, Huot's home in Longueuil was robbed. Among the stolen items were seven medals, including two Paralympic medals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/cash-reward-offered-for-return-of-paralympic-swimmer-huot-s-stolen-medals-1.1948484|title=Cash reward offered for return of Paralympic swimmer Huot's stolen medals|accessdate=15 August 2014|date=6 August 2014|publisher=ctvnews.ca}}</ref> The athlete then appealed to the public Sunday afternoon on Twitter. The idea of never seeing his medals is "heartbreaking," he pleads. "Those medals represent a lifetime of work.  Hours and hours of work to get them," said Huot in an interview.

As Huot's house was under renovation at the time, he was not there when it was broken into during the night from Saturday to Sunday. The Longueuil Police Department is continuing its investigation.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Swimrankings|4029502}}
* {{Swimming Canada|benoit-huot}}
* {{CPC profile|benoit-huot|Benoit Huot}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20170208133330/http://paralympic.ca/benoit-huot/ archive])
* {{IPC athlete|benoit-huot|Benoit Huot|old_id=442856}}
* {{CGF profile|52810|Benoit Huot}}
* {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410220012/https://www.coeurhandisport.fr/athletes_etrangers/ACDH-ETR-2a7f0f.php |date=April 10, 2017 |title=Benoit Huot - Cœur Handisport }}
* {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927011441/http://www.realchampions.ca/athletes/benswim |date=September 27, 2007 |title=Benoit Huot on Real Champions }}
* {{Instagram}}

{{Canadian medallists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics}}

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