Jean Saint-Fort Paillard (4 August 1913 – 16 January 1990) was a French military officer,

equestrian The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse". Horseback riding (or Riding in British English) Examples of this are: * Equestrian sports *Equestrian order, one of the upper classes i ...

and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in team

dressage Dressage ( or ; a French term, most commonly translated to mean "training") is a form of horse riding performed in exhibition and competition, as well as an art sometimes pursued solely for the sake of mastery. As an equestrian sport defined b ...

at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

in London. Saint-Fort Paillard was the son of Léon Saint-Fort Paillard.

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* 1913 births 1990 deaths French dressage riders Olympic equestrians for France French male equestrians Olympic gold medalists for France Equestrians at the 1948 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1952 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics 20th-century French people {{France-equestrian-bio-stub