Didier Courrèges

Didier Courrèges (2005)

Didier Courrèges (born June 15, 1960 in Évreux ) is a French eventing rider and Olympic champion. Courrèges is a riding instructor at Cadre Noir , the national equestrian school in Saumur . He is also an officer in the French army with the rank of major .

Courrèges celebrated his first significant success at international level at the 2001 European Championships in Pau with second place in the team ranking. The following year, another team silver medal followed, this time at the World Equestrian Games in Jerez de la Frontera (on Free Style ).

Courrège's greatest achievement is winning the gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens (on Débat d'Estruval ). The French had initially finished second, but the German team was subsequently set back to fourth place because Bettina Hoy had triggered the time measurement too early in the show jumping. The International Sports Court upheld the jury's decision.

After this success, Courrèges decided to give up eventing and switch to show jumping .

Web links

Commons : Didier Courrèges  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of the European Equestrian Championships ( Memento from November 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Ranking of the World Equestrian Games 2002  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ IOC strikes gold medals for riders ( memento from August 30, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) - netzeitung.de, August 23, 2004