Nicolas Touzaint (born 10 May 1980 in
Angers
Angers (, , ) is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris. It is the prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Anjou until the French Revolution. The inhabitants of both the city and the prov ...
) is a French professional horserider specialising in
three-day eventing
Eventing (also known as three day eventing or horse trials) is an equestrian event where a single horse and rider combine and compete against other competitors across the three disciplines of dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. This ...
. He was born into a family already known for its performance in equestrianism: his father, Jean-Yves Touzaint, was champion of France eventing in 1975 and 1976. His uncle, Thierry Touzaint, is a national coach in the same discipline.
On 4 May 2008 he became the first Frenchman to win the
Badminton Horse Trials
The Badminton Horse Trials is a eventing, five-day event, one of only six annual Concours Complet International, Concours Complet International (CCI) Five Star events as classified by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports, Fédér ...
.
Awards
* 2003: champion of Europe at Punchestown (Ireland) and second in the team event with Galan de Sauvagère.
* 2004: Olympic champion team in the Olympic Games in Athens, 9th in individual with Galan de Sauvagère.
* 2005: Vice-champion of Europe team to Blenheim (England) with Hildago de l'Ile in 2005.
* 2005: French champion.
* 2006: French champion, after only three stages, where Nicolas Touzaint finished first in six.
* 2006: winner of the finals of the World Cup competitions complete with Galan de Sauvagère in Malmo (Sweden).
* 2006 Winner of Boekelo CCI*** in Boekelo, The Netherlands with Tatchou
* 2007: Winner of CCI ** Compiègne with Joker of Helby
* 2007: Winner of CCI *** Pratoni del Vivaro in Italy with Galan de Sauvagère
* 2007: Winner of CCI *** Fontainebleau with Galan de Sauvagère
* 2007: Winner of CCI *** Saumur with Tatchou
* 2007: Champion of France eventing
* 2007: champion of Europe in Pratoni del Vivaro (Italy) and vice-champion of Europe with a team of Galan Sauvagère
* 2007: Winner of CCI **** Pau Hidalgo with the island.
* 2007: After this season the Exceptional is No. 3 on the FEI world rankings list
* 2008: Champion of France Contest Complete with Tatchou (Pompadour 25–26 April 2008)
* 2008: winner of CCI **** Badminton (Great Britain) with Hildago de l'Ile.
References
Official site (in French) as translated (into English) by Google
1980 births
Living people
Event riders
French male equestrians
Olympic equestrians for France
Olympic gold medalists for France
Olympic bronze medalists for France
Olympic medalists in equestrian
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Equestrians at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Equestrians at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
European champions for France
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