Éric Navet (born 9 May 1959) is a French

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 in ...

and Olympic medalist. He was born in

Bayeux Bayeux (, ; ) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in northwestern France. Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. It is also known as the fir ...

. He won a bronze medal in show jumping at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

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. He was selected to represent France, in 1990 at the world championships in Stockholm with his young stallion of 8 years old Quito de Baussy, bred by his father at their Haras the Baussy farm in Normandy, and won there both the gold individual and team medals Navet lives in southern California, where he trains World Cup rider Karl Cook, and continues to compete at the national and FEI levels.

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* 1959 births Living people French male equestrians Olympic equestrians for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Equestrians at the 1984 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1992 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics People from Bayeux Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Calvados (department) 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-equestrian-bio-stub