Philippe Le Jeune

Philippe Le Jeune medal table
Philippe Le Jeune with Carlino at the CHI Geneva 2013
Show jumping
Belgium Belgium
World Equestrian Games
gold	2010	Show jumping, singles (with Vigo d'Arsouilles )
bronze	2002	Show jumping, team (with Nabab de Reve )
bronze	2010	Show jumping, team (with Vigo d'Arsouilles )

Philippe Le Jeune (born June 15, 1960 in Uccle / Ukkel ) is a Belgian show jumper and individual world champion 2010.

Career

Le Jeune was born in Uccle, a suburb of Brussels, in 1960. He gained his first riding experience at the age of seven when he first had riding lessons on a pony. Five years later he got his first horse and took part in national jumping competitions for the first time. At the age of 15, due to increasing success (including participation in the Brussels indoor tournament), he decided to pursue a career as a rider.

As a result, he was trained by the Belgian championship rider Eric Wauters , who died in 1999 , and during this time took part in the European championships of his age group in show jumping. At the age of 18 he moved to Maurice Olivier's stable. During this time he also contested his first Nations Cup for Belgium (at 22) . Further successes followed a year later, including victory in the Brussels Grand Prix with Mister Mundy owned by François Mathy senior. In 1983 he changed the stable again and went to Nelson Pessoa . That year he also won the Belgian championship for the first time. After 1986 he went to Switzerland for three years. During this time he came third at the World Cup finals in Gothenburg in 1988.

In 1992 he went back to Belgium. In the following three years Patrick Mc Entee (Belgian, since 2010 Azerbaijani show jumper) rode for Le Jeune. In 1996 he went back to Switzerland for three years. This year he won the La Baule jumping derby with Double-O-Seven . After two stops in Belgium, he moved to Lennik in 2000 , where he still lives with his family today.

His greatest championship successes, in addition to the individual world championship title in 2010, were third place with the team at the 2002 World Equestrian Games and eighth place in the individual ranking of the 2009 European Championships.

After the finals of the World Equestrian Games, he said the following about his relationship with horses:

“My father taught me that I should love animals. I love them more than people. I am happy when horses feel comfortable with me. "

In November 2011 he was ranked 62nd in the show jumping world rankings.

In summer 2012, Le Jeune was awarded the Leopold Order.

Private

Philippe Le Jeune has two sons from his first marriage, Philippe Le Jeune junior and Thibault Le Jeune. Both sons have already participated in several international tournaments as show jumpers. The daughter of Le Jeune and his partner, the Italian show jumper Lucia Vizzini , was born in March 2015 .

Competition horses

former:
- Nabab de Reve (* 1990; † 2015), bay Belgian warmblood stallion, father: Quidam de Revel, mother's father: Artichaut
- Ulysse (* 1997), bay Belgian warmblood gelding, father: Nonstop, mother's father: Jus de Pomme, was ridden by Pius Schwizer from December 2008
- Vigo d'Arsouilles (* 1998; † 2019), chestnut- colored Belgian warmblood stallion, father: Nabab de Reve, mother's father : Fleuri du Manoir, retired from the sport at the end of 2012
- Leo du Prairial (* 1999), brown Selle Français- Wallach, father: Shogoun II, father of mother: I Love You; Ridden by Eugénie le Pajolec in 2011, ridden by Thibault Le Jeune since 2012
- Boyante de Muze (* 2001), fox-colored Belgian warmblood mare, father: Kashmir van Schuttershof, mother: Narcotique de Muze II (was successful in sport under Eric Lamaze ); Ridden by Carla Cimolai from August 2013

successes

Championships and World Cup

World Championships:
- 1994, The Hague : with Shogun 14th place with the team and 26th place in the individual
- 1998, Rome : with Double O'Seven 13th place with the team and 30th place in the individual
- 2002, Jerez de la Frontera : 3rd place with the team and 42nd place in the individual with Nabab de Reve
- 2010, Lexington : with Vigo d'Arsouilles 3rd place with the team and 1st place in the individual
European Championships :
- 1981, Monaco ( Young Riders ): 26th place in the individual with Mister Mundy
- 1987, St. Gallen: with Nistria 16th place in the individual
- 1993, Gijón: 8th place with the governor with the team and 16th place in the individual
- 1997, Mannheim: with Valiska Forever 9th place with the team and 31st place in the individual
- 1999, Hickstead: with Double O'Seven 9th place with the team and 35th place in the individual
- 2001, Arnhem: 5th place with the team and 45th place in the individual with Nabab de Reve
- 2007, Mannheim: with Vigo d'Arsouilles 10th place with the team and 27th place in the individual
- 2009, Windsor: with Vigo d'Arsouilles 11th place with the team and 8th place in the individual
Belgian Championship (incomplete list):
- 1983: 1st place with Faon Rouge
World Cup Finals :
- 1988, Gothenburg: 3rd place with Nistria

Further successes (selection, from 2006)

2006: 2nd place in the Lummen jumping derby (CSIO 5 *) with Johan du Mury Marais , 4th place in the Grand Prix of Porto (CSI 3 *) with Ulysse
2007: 2nd place in the Hardelot Grand Prix (CSI 2 *) with Ulysse , 2nd place in the La Baule jumping derby (CSIO 5 *) with Ulysse , 1st place in the Royan Grand Prix (CSI 2 *) with Vigo d '' Arsouilles , 2nd place in the Grand Prix of Gijón (CSIO 5 *) with Vigo d'Arsouilles , 4th place in the Grand Prix of Liège (CSI 4 *) with Ulysse and 2nd place in the Nations Cup in Rotterdam with the Belgian team ( CSIO 5 *) with Vigo d'Arsouilles
2008: 7th place in the Hanover Grand Prix (CSI 4 *) with Vigo d'Arsouilles , 4th place in the Brussels Grand Prix (CSI 5 *) with Vigo d'Arsouilles as well as 1st place in the Nations Cup with the Belgian team La Baule (CSIO 5 *) with Vigo d'Arsouilles
2009: 4th place in the Grand Prix of Aachen (CSIO 5 *) with Vigo d'Arsouilles , 3rd place in the Grand Prix of Moorsele (CSI 4 *) with Vigo d'Arsouilles , 3rd place in the Grand Prix of Paris-Villepinte (CSI 5 *) with Vigo d'Arsouilles and 2nd place with the Belgian team in the Lummen Nations Cup (CSIO 4 *) with Vigo d'Arsouilles
2010: 4th place in the Grand Prix of Nantes (CSI 3 *) with Boyante de Muze , 3rd place in the Grand Prix of Bourg-en-Bresse (CSI 4 *) with Boyante de Muze , 1st place in the Grand Prix of Ypäjä (CSIO 3 *) with Leo du Prairial as well as with the Belgian team 2nd place in the Nations Cup of Ypäjä (CSIO 4 *) and 1st place in the Nations Cup of Bratislava (CSIO 3 * -W) and Gijón (CSIO 5 *), all three with Boyante de Muze
2011: With the Belgian team 2nd place in the Nations Cup of La Baule (CSIO 5 *) with Vigo d'Arsouilles , 2nd place in the Nations Cup of Rome (CSIO 5 *) with Vigo d'Arsouilles and 3rd place in the Nations Cup of Dublin (CSIO 5 *) with Vigo d'Arsouilles
2012: 3rd place in the Grand Prix of Chantilly (CSI 2 *) with Vigo d'Arsouilles , 2nd place in the Grand Prix of La Baule (CSIO 5 *) with Vigo d'Arsouilles , 2nd place in the Grand Prix of Aalst ( CSI 3 *) with Vigo d'Arsouilles , 3rd place in the Liège Grand Prix (CSI 3 *) with Carlino and 1st place in the Nations Cup in La Baule (CSIO 5 *) with Vigo d'Arsouilles with the Belgian team

2013: 2nd place in the Grand Prix of the 3rd week of the Mediterranean Equestrian Tour (CSI 2 * Oliva) with Once de Kreisker , 3rd place in the Grand Prix of Fontainebleau (CSI 4 *) with Once de Kreisker , 2nd place in the big one Prize of Mons-Ghlin (CSI 4 *) with Once de Kreisker as well as 1st place with the Belgian team in the Nations Cup of Lisbon (CSIO 3 *) with Boyante de Muze

2014: no top 3 placements in international grand prizes

(As of March 15, 2015)