Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola
d'Oriola (center) at the 1952 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 1 February 1920 Corneilla-del-Vercol, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 19 July 2011 (aged 91) Corneilla-del-Vercol, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Horse riding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Show jumping | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola (1 February 1920 – 19 July 2011) was a French equestrian who competed in show jumping. He is the only person to win two individual Olympic gold medals in this discipline.
Biography
D'Oriola's first gold medal was won at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, on the French gelding Ali Baba, and his second gold at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, riding the French gelding Lutteur B. Also in Tokyo, with Janous Lefevre and Guy Lefrant, again riding Lutteur B, he earned a team silver medal in jumping. In Mexico City, 1968, on Nagir, with teammates Lefevre and Jean Marcel Rozier, he acquired another silver in team jumping.[1]
At the 1953 Show Jumping World Championships, in Paris, d'Oriola (on Ali Baba) took a bronze medal in the individual competition. In 1954, at Madrid, on Arlequin, he gained a silver in the individual competition. D'Oriola, riding Pomone B, was the gold medal World Champion in show jumping at Buenos Aires in 1966. He was also fourth at the 1953 and 1955 World Championships.[2]
D'Oriola, with horse Virtuoso, was silver medalist at the European Show Jumping Championships in Paris, 1959.
D'Oriola's cousin, Christian, was also both an Olympic and world champion, but in fencing.[1]
References
- ^ a b Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola. sports-reference.com
- ^ World Championship results from Swedish Equestrian Federation Archived 9 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine. ridsport.se
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- Olympic medals
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- 1900 Aimé Haegeman (BEL)
- 1912 Jacques Cariou (FRA)
- 1920 Tommaso Lequio di Assaba (ITA)
- 1924 Alphonse Gemuseus (SUI)
- 1928 František Ventura (TCH)
- 1932 Takeichi Nishi (JPN)
- 1936 Kurt Hasse (GER)
- 1948 Humberto Mariles (MEX)
- 1952 Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola (FRA)
- 1956 Hans Günter Winkler (EUA)
- 1960 Raimondo D'Inzeo (ITA)
- 1964 Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola (FRA)
- 1968 William Steinkraus (USA)
- 1972 Graziano Mancinelli (ITA)
- 1976 Alwin Schockemöhle (FRG)
- 1980 Jan Kowalczyk (POL)
- 1984 Joseph Fargis (USA)
- 1988 Pierre Durand (FRA)
- 1992 Ludger Beerbaum (GER)
- 1996 Ulrich Kirchhoff (GER)
- 2000 Jeroen Dubbeldam (NED)
- 2004 Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA)
- 2008 Eric Lamaze (CAN)
- 2012 Steve Guerdat (SUI)
- 2016 Nick Skelton (GBR)
- 2020 Ben Maher (GBR)
- 2024 Christian Kukuk (GER)
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