Nicolas Touzaint

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Nicolas Touzaint (born 10 May 1980 in Angers) is a French professional horserider specialising in three-day eventing. 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.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

In 2024, he received a yellow card from the FEI for "Abuse of Horse - Excessive use of whip, bit and/or spurs" for his actions at the Marbach Horse Trials.{{Cite web |title=FEI Database - Warning Cards - Discipline = eventing |url=https://data.fei.org/Tools/BaseData.aspx?table=WarningCards////eventing/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=data.fei.org}}

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

[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.cg49.fr/nicolas_touzaint/index.asp&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=8&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DNicolas%2BTouzaint%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff Official site (in French) as translated (into English) by Google]

Category:1980 births

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Category:French male equestrians

Category:Olympic equestrians for France

Category:Olympic gold medalists for France

Category:Olympic silver medalists for France

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Category:Olympic medalists in equestrian

Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics