Karim Florent Laghouag (born 4 August 1975) is a French Olympic

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. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won the gold medal in the team eventing and finished 28th individually with the horse ''Entebbe''. Laghouag participated at two

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(in 2006 and 2010) and at three

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(in 2009, 2013 and 2015). He won team bronze medals in 2013 and 2015. Meanwhile, his biggest individual achievement is 10th place from 2006 World Games held in Aachen,

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1975 births Living people French male equestrians Equestrians at the 2016 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for France Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics People from Nogent-le-Rotrou Sportspeople from Eure-et-Loir {{France-equestrian-bio-stub