Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola
d'Oriola (center) at the 1952 Olympics
Personal information
Born1 February 1920
Corneilla-del-Vercol, France
Died19 July 2011 (aged 91)
Corneilla-del-Vercol, France
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportHorse riding
EventShow 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 place1966 Buenos AiresIndividual jumping
Silver medal – second place1954 MadridIndividual jumping
Bronze medal – third place1953 ParisIndividual jumping
European Championships
Silver medal – second place1959 ParisIndividual 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 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]

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