Michel Roche (8 September 1939 – 11 June 2004) was an

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 ...

from France and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in show jumping with the French team at the

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in Montreal.

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1939 births 2004 deaths French male equestrians Olympic equestrians of France Olympic gold medalists for France Equestrians at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{France-equestrian-bio-stub