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Tony Estanguet's Birth Card: The King of Diamonds
The Wealthy King
A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict an Olympic medal.
In the record
Tony Estanguet (born 6 May 1978 in Pau) is a French slalom canoeist and a three-time Olympic champion in C1 (canoe single). The birth-card coordinate for May 6 is the King of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of Tony Estanguet's 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in canoeing and kayaking.
Summer Olympic gold record
Wikidata records 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in canoeing and kayaking for France across 2000–2012. Only Summer Games gold medals count here. Winter-only careers and single-gold athletes are out of this pack. The medal list is a public award record for Tony Estanguet (Q316224), not a reading of character. 2000: gold in canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – men's slalom C-1 in canoeing and kayaking. 2004: gold in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – men's slalom C-1 in canoeing and kayaking. 2012: gold in canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's slalom C-1 in canoeing and kayaking.
- 2000 canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – men's slalom C-1 (canoeing and kayaking)
- 2004 canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – men's slalom C-1 (canoeing and kayaking)
- 2012 canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's slalom C-1 (canoeing and kayaking)
The King of Diamonds coordinate
Tony Estanguet was born May 6 (1978-05-06). Month 5 and day 6 give solar value 39, which is the King of Diamonds (The Wealthy King). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1978 is unused. The King of Diamonds does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Tony Estanguet for France. Quoted system copy for the King of Diamonds, not a biography of Tony Estanguet: You run the system and you can show your work. You command resources and respect. You're the decision-maker about finances, investments, and wealth. Your presence radiates power and affluence.
Tony Estanguet in the public record
He competed at the international level from 1994 to 2012. He successfully led Paris's bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics and served as the head of the organising committee for those games. Estanguet won three Olympic gold medals in the C1 event in 2000, 2004 and 2012. At the 2004 games in Athens he won the gold medal after a late judges decision to award a 2-second penalty to Michal Martikán, for which he was promoted to the rank of Commander in the Ordre national du Mérite, having been inducted as a Chevalier ('Knight') in the order in 2000. Estanguet was the flag-bearer for France at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics opening ceremony. He finished in the 9th position (out of 12 competitors; only the first eight would qualify for the final) in the semi-finals of the C1 event and was thus eliminated from the final. At the 2012 London Summer Olympics, he became the first French Olympian to win three gold medals in the same Olympic discipline. He was promoted to the rank of Officer of the Legion of Honour on 31 December 2012, having been inducted as a Chevalier in 2000.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Tony Estanguet (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the King of Diamonds
A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Tony Estanguet, and not a forecast of a gold medal.
Cards in Tony Estanguet's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- K♦ — Birth Card: The Wealthy King
- 7♠ — Karma — Environment: The Questioning Mind
- 3♣ — Karma — Displacement: The Creative Communicator
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 2♦ — Life Spread — Mars
- J♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 8♣ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 6♦ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 4♠ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 10♥ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 10♦ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
Birth card from the month and day. Karma cards are fixed to the birth card. The planetary ruling card comes from the sun sign's ruling planet — the signs with two rulers carry two. The Life Spread is the birth card's fixed row of nine in the Life Spread — the cards that colour each 52-day period for life. Planetary period and long-range cards move year by year and are not shown on a static page.
You run the system and you can show your work. You command resources and respect. You're the decision-maker about finances, investments, and wealth. Your presence radiates power and affluence.
At the 2004 games in Athens he won the gold medal after a late judges decision to award a 2-second penalty to Michal Martikán, for which he was promoted to the rank of Commander in the Ordre national du Mérite, having been inducted as a Chevalier ('Knight') in the order in 2000.
Paired on shared wording: commander, decision.
Also on the record
- He won 12 medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with five golds (C1: 2006, 2009, 2010; C1 team: 2005, 2007), six silvers (C1: 2003, 2005, 2007; C1 team: 1997, 2003, 2009), and a bronze (C1 team: 1999).
- Estanguet won the overall World Cup title in C1 in 2003 and 2004.
- He also won a total of 10 medals at the European Championships (4 golds, 3 silvers and 3 bronzes).
- Together with his brother Patrice, he developed the Pau-Pyrénées Whitewater Stadium (opened in 2008) in their home town of Pau.
Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card
- Brooke Bennett — 5 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Natalia Ishchenko — 5 Summer Olympic gold medals in synchronized swimming
- Peter Vanderkaay — 5 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
- Reiner Klimke — 5 Summer Olympic gold medals in equestrian sport
- Zoltán Kammerer — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in canoeing and kayaking
- Áron Szilágyi — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing
- Inna Deriglazova — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing
- Maggie Steffens — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in water polo
- Éric Srecki — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing
FAQ
- What is Tony Estanguet's birth card?
- The King of Diamonds. May 6 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Tony Estanguet's year of birth is not used.
- Does a birth card predict Olympic medals?
- No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast races, medals, character, or fate.
- Where do Tony Estanguet's dates and medals come from?
- Birth date 1978-05-06 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Tony Estanguet, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only infoboxes and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Medal count (3 Summer Olympic gold medals in canoeing and kayaking) comes from Wikidata P1344 event claims with P166 Olympic gold, limited to Summer Games. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Sources: Wikidata CC0 (Q316224; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Tony Estanguet; infobox match). Birth date 1978-05-06 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.