Eric Lamaze

Eric Lamaze medal table
Eric Lamaze (2013)
Show jumping
Canada
Olympic Summer Games
gold	2008	Single (with hickstead )
silver	2008	Crew (with hickstead )
bronze	2016	Single (with Fine Lady 5 )
World Equestrian Games
bronze	2010	Single (with hickstead )
Pan American Games
bronze	1999	team
bronze	2007	Single (with hickstead )
silver	2007	Crew (with hickstead )
silver	2015	Team (with Coco Bongo )

Eric Lamaze (born April 17, 1968 in Montreal , Québec ) is a Canadian show jumper and gold medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics .

Eric Lamaze was tenth in the FEI show jumping world rankings in August 2016. From January to April 2009, in July 2010 and from June 2011 to December 2011, he was world number one.

Private

His wife Megan Johnstone-Lamaze was an international show jumper for the United States of America .

In his home town of Schomberg, Ontario , Lamaze owns the Torrey Pines Stable .

Career

Early years and doping tests

Lamaze comes from socially difficult circumstances, he left school at the age of 14. At the time, his mother was in jail for cocaine trafficking and his grandmother was an alcoholic. At the age of 15 he got the chance to work in the stable of Roger Deslauriers (father of the Canadian Nations Cup rider Mario Deslauriers ) in Bromont near Montreal, where he worked for three years. During this time he was successful in the junior age group, and from 1992 he started at major riding tournaments. In 1993 he took part in a Nations Cup for Canada for the first time. In 1994 he took part in the World Equestrian Games for the first time , in that year he also finished second in the Canadian World Cup league.

Just before the 1996 Olympics , Lamaze tested positive for cocaine. This led to his being removed from the Canadian Olympic squad and initially banned for four years. Lamaze was able to show, however, that this was not a question of influencing athletic performance, but that it was a private problem. The suspension was then shortened to seven months and Lamaze was given a second chance by the association. Shortly before the 2000 Olympic Games , he tested positive again, this time for the substance ephedrine . As a result, he was banned from all equestrian activities for life. Lamaze announced that the positive sample was from a food additive that was not properly labeled. This has been confirmed by the manufacturer. The ban was then lifted. As a result, Canada's Olympic Federation had all potential Olympians confirm that they were not using any prohibited substances. As part of this campaign, Lamaze was personally asked to undergo another doping control. As in 1996, this was positive for cocaine. His attorney argued that the lifelong ban on ephedrine should not have been issued. This is also the reason for the renewed use of cocaine. This should not be sanctioned either, since Lamaze was no longer subject to the regulations of the Olympic Federation of Canada during the first ban. The attorney's statements also referred to the difficult childhood of his client and his depression. As a result, the second lifelong ban, imposed because of the renewed cocaine use, was lifted.

Years of Success and Loss

Eric Lamaze with Hickstead at the 2008 Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Competition

Lamaze had great success with the acquisition of his successful horse Hickstead . From 2005, Lamaze and Hickstead took part in a number of important international competitions and championships, crowned by winning the individual gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics .

A week after the Pan American Games in 2011, Lamaze and Hickstead took part in the World Cup in Verona, Italy. Immediately after completing the course, the horse collapsed and died on site of an acute aortic rupture . As a result, the exam was stopped and there was a minute's silence. A few days later, Lamaze talked about his sporting future:

“ There are two options: Either I give up and leave the rest of the horses to my stable colleagues. Or I fight ... We choose this sport because we love it. But we also choose it because we love these animals. When riding, it's not like breaking a golf or tennis racket. We all lost a family member. Hickstead meant everything to me and changed my life. "

Career after 2011

Eric Lamaze with Zigali at the CHI Geneva 2013

In 2012 Lamaze was nominated again for the Olympic Games. At the Summer Games in London he reached the 29th place in the individual standings with Derly Chin de Muze and fifth in the team standings. Eric Lamaze is still the internationally most successful Canadian show jumper, even if he is no longer one of the top ten riders in the world rankings.

successes

Championships and World Cup

Lamaze achieved the greatest success of his career with his first participation in the Olympic Games in 2008 . Here he won an individual gold medal with the horse Hickstead , the first ever Canadian rider. A few days earlier he had won the team silver medal for Canada together with Mac Cone , Jill Henselwood and Ian Millar .

At the Pan American Games he was able to occupy third place with the Canadian team in 1999; In 2007 he achieved silver with the team and bronze in the individual standings with Hickstead .

Lamaze also participated in the 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006 World Equestrian Games . Here, however, he could not record any successes (best team placement: 1994 - 7th place, best individual placement: 2006 - 27th place). At the World Equestrian Games in 2010 he won bronze with Hickstead in the individual standings, in the team standings the Canadian team reached rank 5. At the Pan American Games 2011 he and Coriana van Klapscheut reached fourth place in the team standings and 11th place in the individual standings. At the Pan American Games in Toronto in 2015 , he and Coco Bongo were part of the Canadian team that won the team silver medal.

On his third participation in the Olympics, he missed the bronze medal with the Canadian team in the jump-off, but in the individual competition he won bronze with Fine Lady .

When he took part in the World Cup finals in 2005, he was sixteenth with Tempete van het Lindehof . Six years later he finished the World Cup final in Leipzig with Hickstead in 2nd place.

Outstanding Great Prices

Lamaze, who is a regular at the tournaments in his native Spruce Meadows , won the Grand Prix of the CSIO 5 * Spruce Meadows Masters, America's most important Grand Prix , in 2007 with Hickstead .

Three years later, in 2010, Lamaze flew to Europe for several tournaments with his top horse Hickstead directly after several tournaments in Spruce Meadows, of which he won the last one (at CSI 5 * level). Here he started directly at the CHIO Aachen and won the most important European Grand Prix with Hickstead with the Grand Prix of Aachen (CSIO 5 *). During the first lap of the Aachen Grand Prix, Lamaze heard a click on a landing, subsequently it turned out that he had completed the second lap and the sting with a broken foot.

In 2014, he managed to win the Grand Prix of the Nations Cup tournaments in La Baule and Rome. At the CHIO Aachen 2016 he won the two classics "Prize of Europe" and "Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia" with the mare Fine Lady, who had been taken over by Holger Wulschner two years earlier . With regard to the mare's start at the Olympic Games, Lamaze decided not to start at the Aachen Grand Prix.

Awards

Lamaze was voted Rider of the Year in 2010 and 2011 by members of the International Jumping Riders Club. In addition, he and Hickstead were voted CBC Sports Athlete of the Year 2011 with more than 50 percent of the vote .

Further successes (from 2004)

• 2004: 2nd place in the World Cup special test in Bromont and 1st place with the Canadian team in the United States' Nations Cup (Wellington, CSIO 4 *) - both with Tempete van het Lindehof
• 2005: 3rd place in the Grand Prix of a CSI 3 * in Wellington (USA) with Tempete van het Lindehof , 3rd place in the World Cup evaluation test in Blainville with Tempete van het Lindehof , 3rd place in the Grand Prix of Toronto (CSI 4 * -W) with Hickstead , 2nd place in the World Cup special test in Toronto (CSI 4 * -W) with Hickstead
• 2006: 3rd place in the Grand Prix of Aachen with Hickstead , 3rd place in the World Cup special test in Wellington (USA) with Hickstead , 2nd place in the Grand Prix of a CSI 5 * in Calgary- Spruce Meadows with Hickstead , 1st place in the World Cup special test of Blainville with Hickstead , 2nd place in the World Cup special test of Palgrave with Ronaldo and 1st place in the United States of America Nations Cup (Wellington, CSIO 4 *) with Hickstead with the Canadian team
• 2007:
  • World Cup special tests: 3rd place in Wellington (USA) with Hickstead ,
  • Big prizes: 3rd place in Charlotte (CSI 4 *) with Narcotique de Muze , 2nd place in Antwerp (CSI 3 *) with Hickstead , 3rd place in Madrid (CSI 5 *) with Hickstead , 2nd place at a CSI 4 * and 1st place at the CSIO 5 * in Calgary-Spruce Meadows with Hickstead
  • Nations Cup (with the Canadian team): 1st place in the Nations Cup of the United States of America (Wellington, CSIO 4 *) with Hickstead
• 2008:
  • World Cup special tests: 1st place in Palgrave (CSI 3 * -W) with Tempete van het Lindehof , 1st place in Toronto (CSI 4 * -W) with Hickstead , 1st place in Geneva (CSI 5 * -W) with Hickstead
  • Big prizes: 2nd place at CSIO 5 * Wellington (USA) with Hickstead , 2nd place in Madrid, (CSIO 5 *) with Hickstead , 2nd place at RIDE Deauville (CSI 5 *) with Hickstead , 1st place in Caen (CSI 3 *) with Hickstead , 2nd and 3rd place in CSI 4 * tournaments and twice 1st place in CSI 5 * tournaments in Calgary-Spruce Meadows with Hickstead
  • Nations Cup (with the Canadian team): 2nd place in the Nations Cup from Lummen and Calgary-Spruce Meadows (both CSIO 5 *) with Hickstead
• 2009: 2nd place in the Grand Prix of Madrid (CSI 5 *), 2nd place in the Grand Prix of Rio de Janeiro ( GCT evaluation test, CSI 5 *), 3rd place in the Grand Prix of a CSI 4 *, 3rd place in the Grand Prix of a CSI 5 * and 2nd place in the Grand Prix of the CSIO 5 * from Calgary-Spruce Meadows, 1st place in the Masters of Lyon (CSI 5 * -W), 3rd place in the World Top Ten final and 1st place in the United States' Nations Cup (Wellington, CSIO 4 *) - all with Hickstead
• 2010: 1st place in the Grand Prix of a CSI 5 *, 3rd place in the Grand Prix of a CSI 4 * -W and 1st place in the Grand Prix of another CSI 5 * in Calgary-Spruce Meadows, 1st place in the Grand Prix of Aachen 2010, 3rd place in the C $ 1,000,000 Grand Prix of Spruce Meadows (CSIO 5 *), 3rd place in the World Top 10 final in Geneva (CSI 5 * -W), 2nd place in the World Cup from Geneva (CSI 5 *) - all with Hickstead and 1st place in the Nations Cup of the United States of America (Wellington, CSIO 4 *) with Ronaldo
• 2011:
  • World Cup special tests: 2nd place in Calgary-Spruce Meadows (CSI 4 * -W) with Hickstead
  • Big prizes: 1st place in La Baule (CSIO 5 *) with Hickstead , 1st place in Rome (CSIO 5 *) with Hickstead , 1st place at a CSI 5 * in Calgary-Spruce Meadows with Hickstead , 1st place in Barcelona (CSIO 5 *) with Atlete van't Heike
  • Nations Cup (with the Canadian team): 2nd place in Wellington FL (USA; CSIO 4 *) with Sidoline van de Centaur
  • more: 2nd place in the world top 10 final in Paris (CSI 5 *) with Coriana van Klapscheut
• 2012: 3rd place in the Grand Prix of Antwerp (CSI 4 *) with Derly Chin de Muze , 3rd place in the Grand Prix of Madrid (CSI 5 *) with Verdi , 2nd place in a World Cup competition in Calgary (CSI 5 * - W 'Continental') with Derly Chin de Muze
• 2013:
  • World Cup special tests: 3rd place in Calgary (CSI 4 * -W 'Canada One') with power play
  • Nations Cup (with the Canadian team): 2nd place in Wellington FL (CSIO 4 *) with Wang Chung , 3rd place in Calgary (CSIO 5 * -W 'Continental') with power play , 6th place in the Nations Cup final ( CSIO 5 * Barcelona) with power play
• 2014:
  • Big prizes: 1st place in La Baule (CSIO 5 *) with power play , 1st place in Rome (CSIO 5 *) with Zigali , 3rd place in Calgary (CSIO 5 * 'Continental') with power play
  • Nations Cup (with the Canadian team): 1st place in Wellington (CSIO 5 *) with power play , 2nd place in the Nations Cup final in Barcelona (CSIO 5 *) with Zigali
• 2015:
  • Big prizes: 3rd place in Geneva (CSI 5 *) with Fine Lady
  • World Cup special tests: 3rd place in Wellington (CSI 5 * -W) with Fine Lady
  • Nations Cup (with the Canadian team): 2nd place in Wellington (CSIO 4 *) with Coco Bongo , 3rd place in Calgary (CSIO 5 *) with Fine Lady
• 2016:
  • Big prizes: 1st place at a CSI 4 * in Wellington with Check Picobello Z , 3rd place in Xalapa-Coapexpan (CSIO 4 *) with Coco Bongo , 2nd place in Calgary (CSI 5 * 'National') with Fine Lady , 3rd place in Calgary (CSI 5 * 'North American') with Check Picobello Z
  • Nations Cup (with the Canadian team): 2nd place in Xalapa-Coapexpan (CSIO 4 *) with Coco Bongo , 2nd place in Langley (CSIO 4 *) with Coco Bongo

(As of August 31, 2016)

Horses

Eric Lamaze and Hickstead

• Fine Lady (* 2003), brown Hanoverian mare Father: Forsyth, mother father : Drosselklang II, ridden by 2012 by Andre Stude, until April 2014. Holger Wulschner ridden
• Check Picobello Z (* 2006), Zangersheider gray gelding, father: Cardento, mother father: Orlando
• Coco Bongo (* 2005), bay Rhenish stallion, father: Caretino, mother's father: Calido
• Powerplay (* 2004), bay Holstein gelding, father: Casall, mother's father: Limbus, ridden by Pius Schwizer until May 2013
• Hickstead (* 1996; † 2011, originally "Opel"), bay KWPN stallion, father: Hamlet, mother's father: Ekstein
• Tempete van het Lindehof (* 1996), black Belgian warmblood gelding , father: Darco , mother's father: Almkugel, sometimes ridden by Ashley Fleischhacker and Marie Hecart
• Ronaldo (* 1998), bay KWPN gelding, father: Heartbreaker, mother's father: Voltaire, also ridden by Ainsley Vince and Marie Hecart at times
• Narcotique de Muze II (* 1997), Belgian sport horse (sBs), brown mare, father: Darco, mother's father: Chin Chin
• Wang Chung M2S (* 2003), chestnut-colored KWPN stallion, father: Royal Bravour, mother's father: Ahorn, ridden by Felix Haßmann until August 2011

Web links

Commons : Eric Lamaze  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the Torrey Pines Stable / Eric Lamaze

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FEI World Ranking List Show Jumping ( Memento of the original from August 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ FEI world ranking list No. 96  ( 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. (PDF; 489 kB)  
3. ↑ FEI world ranking list No. 99  ( 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. (PDF; 630 kB)  
4. ↑ FEI world ranking list No. 114  ( 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. (50 best international results of each rider from July 1st, 2009 to June 30th, 2010; PDF; 394 kB)  
5. ↑ Canada's Olympic hopefuls: Eric Lamaze: something to prove - Article by Jonathon Gatehouse from May 14, 2008 ( Memento of the original from April 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)  
6. ↑ Portrait of Eric Lamaze (English)
7. ↑ A man with a past: Olympic champion in show jumping has already been banned for life twice , NZZ Online from August 21, 2008
8. ↑ Death of equine superstar Hickstead ( Memento of the original from November 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ Dead Horse Hickstead: Lamaze mourns a "family member" , Focus , November 10, 2011
10. ↑ FEI success database: Eric Lamaze  ( 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.  
11. ↑ Short biography on riderstour.de: Eric Lamaze ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
12. ↑ Pan American Games 2011: Team competition show jumping ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
13. ↑ Schedule and results of equestrian sport at the Pan American Games 2015 (English)
14. ↑ www.ludwigs-pferdewelten.de: Eric Lamaze with broken foot to Grand Prix victory
15. ↑ Eric Lamaze does it again in the Preis von NRW , press release, July 16, 2016
16. ↑ Hickstead and Lamaze named Athlete of the Year , December 13, 2011 (English)
17. ↑ FEI horse database: Fine Lady
18. ↑ FEI horse database: Check Picobello Z
19. ^ FEI horse database: Coco Bongo
20. ↑ FEI horse database: Powerplay
21. ↑ FEI horse database: Hickstead  ( 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.  
22. ↑ FEI horse database: Tempete van het Lindehof  ( 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.  
23. ↑ FEI horse database: Ronaldo  ( 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.  
24. ↑ FEI horse database: Narcotique de Muze II  ( 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.