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
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
closing ceremony. Huot has served on the athletes' council with Swimming Canada, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and Commonwealth Games Federation. ==Awards and honours==