# Andy Barat
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{{Short description|Comorian canoeist (born 1997)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|11|29|df=y}}[{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/andy-barat_1535180 |title=Barat Andy |website=[Paris 2024 Olympics](/source/Paris_2024_Olympics) |access-date=29 July 2024}}] is a Comorian [slalom canoeist](/source/Canoe_slalom) who has competed at the international level since 2023, specializing in K1 and kayak cross.[{{cite web |title=Andy BARAT (COM) |url=https://www.canoeslalom.net/doku.php/en_sportler/spo_21482b |website=CanoeSlalom.net |access-date=12 October 2025}}] He represented [Comoros](/source/Comoros_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics) at the [2024 Summer Olympics](/source/2024_Summer_Olympics).
==Biography==
Barat was born in 1997[{{Cite web |url=http://www.ffcanoe.asso.fr/eau_vive/slalom/classement/embarcations/voir/k1h-andy-barat |title=Andy Barat |website=Fédération française de canoë |language=fr}}] and spent his early years in [Mutsamudu](/source/Mutsamudu), a city in the [Comoros](/source/Comoros), before later moving to France.[{{Cite news |url=https://lagazettedescomores.com/sport/jeux-olympiques-un-kayakiste-comorien-aux-jo-de-paris-2024-.html |newspaper=[La Gazette des Comores](/source/La_Gazette_des_Comores) |title=Jeux Olympiques: Un kayakiste comorien aux JO de Paris 2024 |language=fr |trans-title=Olympic Games: A Comorian kayaker at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games |author=Imtiyaz |date=4 July 2024}}] His father is from [Anjouan](/source/Anjouan) while his mother is French.[{{Cite news |url=https://www.habarizacomores.com/2024/06/jo-2024-representer-mon-pays-les.html |newspaper=[Habariza Comores](/source/Habariza_Comores) |title=JO 2024 : «Représenter mon pays, les Comores, est une évidence |trans-title=Olympic Games 2024: "Representing my country, the Comoros, is obvious" |language=fr |date=26 June 2024}}] He played multiple sports growing up, including [football](/source/Association_football), [judo](/source/judo) and [BMX](/source/BMX) biking.[{{Cite news |url=https://www.lequotidien.re/actualites/ocean-indien/comores-une-premiere-un-kayakiste-aux-jeux-olympiques/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240706192656/https://www.lequotidien.re/actualites/ocean-indien/comores-une-premiere-un-kayakiste-aux-jeux-olympiques/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2024-07-06 |newspaper=[Le Quotidien de La Réunion](/source/Le_Quotidien_de_La_R%C3%A9union) |title=Comores – Une première: un kayakiste aux Jeux olympiques |language=fr |date=4 July 2024 |trans-title=Comoros – A first: a kayaker at the Olympic Games |author=Banc, Frédéric}}] When he was approximately 13, he was introduced to [kayak slalom](/source/Canoe_slalom) by his cousin, a member of the club CKClisson in [Loire-Atlantique](/source/Loire-Atlantique).[{{Cite news |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/canoe-kayak/canoe-kayak-coupe-de-france-de-slalom-n3-andy-barat-en-tete-de-bout-en-bout-29b4cc9e-be8c-11ec-b5a2-c964f2de35c0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240706193832/https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/canoe-kayak/canoe-kayak-coupe-de-france-de-slalom-n3-andy-barat-en-tete-de-bout-en-bout-29b4cc9e-be8c-11ec-b5a2-c964f2de35c0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2024-07-06 |newspaper=[Ouest-France](/source/Ouest-France) |title=Canoë-kayak. Coupe de France de slalom N3: Andy Barat, en tête de bout en bout |date=17 April 2022 |via=[archive.today](/source/archive.today) |trans-title=Canoe Kayak. French Slalom Cup N3: Andy Barat, in the lead from start to finish |language=fr}}] He also served four years in the [French Army](/source/French_Army), being a member of the [3rd Marine Infantry Regiment](/source/3rd_Marine_Infantry_Regiment) through 2023.[{{Cite news |url=https://comoresmagazine.net/2024/06/27/andy-barat-le-kayakiste-comorien-qui-reve-des-jo-2024/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706200039/https://comoresmagazine.net/2024/06/27/andy-barat-le-kayakiste-comorien-qui-reve-des-jo-2024/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=6 July 2024 |newspaper=[Comores Magazine](/source/Comores_Magazine) |language=fr |trans-title=Andy Barat, the Comorian kayaker who dreams of the 2024 Olympics |date=27 June 2024 |title=Andy Barat, le kayakiste comorien qui rêve des JO 2024}}] He competed at the [World Cup](/source/2024_Canoe_Slalom_World_Cup) again in 2024 and also won the silver medal at the 2024 African championships.[{{Cite news |url=https://lagazettedescomores.com/sport/cano%C3%AB-andy-barat,-le-pr%C3%A9curseur-du-cano%C3%AB-aux-comores-.html |newspaper=[La Gazette des Comores](/source/La_Gazette_des_Comores) |title=CANOË Andy Barat, le précurseur du Canoë aux Comores |trans-title=Canoe: Andy Barat, the precursor of Canoeing in the Comoros |author=Imtiyaz |date=22 February 2024 |language=fr}}]
He [qualified](/source/Canoeing_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Qualification) for the [2024 Summer Olympics](/source/2024_Summer_Olympics) and is the country's first-ever Olympic canoeist.[{{Cite web |url=https://www.comoresinfos.net/andy-barat-de-clisson-aux-jeux-olympiques-le-parcours-dun-kayakiste-comorien/ |website=Comores-Infos.net |title=Andy Barat : De Clisson aux Jeus Olympiques, le parcours d'un Kayakiste Comorien |trans-title=Andy Barat: From Clisson to the Olympic Games, the journey of a Comorian kayaker |date=27 June 2024 |language=fr}}] He finished 24th in the [K1 event](/source/Canoeing_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_slalom_K-1) and 38th in [kayak cross](/source/Canoeing_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_slalom_kayak_cross).
Barat is regarded as the best canoeist for the Comoros, a sport that has been described as "new{{nbsp}}... if not non-existent" in the country.