Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola (1 February 1920 – 19 July 2011) was a French

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who competed in

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. 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

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, on the French gelding ''Ali Baba'', and his second gold at the 1964 Olympic Games in

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, riding the French gelding ''Lutteur B''. Also in Tokyo, with Janous Lefevre and

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, again riding ''Lutteur B'', he earned a team silver medal in jumping. In

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, on ''Nagir'', with teammates Lefevre and

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, he acquired another silver in team jumping. At the 1953

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, in

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, d'Oriola (on Ali Baba) took a bronze medal in the individual competition. In 1954, at

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, 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

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in 1966. He was also fourth at the 1953 and 1955 World Championships.World Championship results from Swedish Equestrian Federation
. ridsport.se D'Oriola, with horse Virtuoso, was silver medalist at the

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in Paris, 1959. D'Oriola's cousin,

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, was also both an Olympic and world champion, but in

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.Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola
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1920 births 2011 deaths Sportspeople from Pyrénées-Orientales French male equestrians French show jumping riders Olympic equestrians of France Equestrians at the 1952 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1956 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1960 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1964 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics 20th-century French people {{France-Olympic-medalist-stub