Career
He is born in a family of wrestlers: his father is a referee and his mother is a club manager. At the age of 22, he gave France its first gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
He is born in a family of wrestlers: his father is a referee and his mother is a club manager. At the age of 22, he gave France its first gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
He became the first Olympic Champion for France in Men"s Greco-Roman Wrestling since Emile Poilvé, in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. In the quarter-finals, he was declared the winner against the reigning world champion, Saeid Abdevali of Iran, in what was widely regarded as a controversial decision by the referee and judges. Guénot, however, was defeated in the semifinal by the eventual champion and ended up winning the bronze medal. His brother, Christophe Guénot, also won a bronze medal in the -74 kg category.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he attempted to defend his gold medal.
Hired by the RATP in 2007, he is member of the United States Métro (Union sportive métropolitaine des transports).
