Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola






































Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola

Óscar Cristi, Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola, Fritz Thiedemann.jpg
d'Oriola (center) at the 1952 Olympics

Personal information
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)
Sport
Sport Horse riding
Event(s) Show jumping

Medal record

















































Representing  France

Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1952 Helsinki
Individual jumping
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo
Individual jumping
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo
Team jumping
Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City
Team jumping

World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1966 Buenos Aires Individual jumping
Silver medal – second place 1954 Madrid Individual jumping
Bronze medal – third place 1953 Paris Individual jumping
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1959 Paris Individual jumping



Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola (1 February 1920 – 19 July 2011) was a French equestrian who competed in show jumping. He is the only person two 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





  1. ^ ab Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola. sports-reference.com


  2. ^ World Championship results from Swedish Equestrian Federation Archived 9 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine. ridsport.se




External links






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