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
External links
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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)
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