Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola

Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola (1 February 1920 – 19 July 2011) was a French equestrian who competed in show jumping. He is the only person to win two individual Olympic gold medals in this discipline.

Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola

d'Oriola (center) at the 1952 Olympics
Personal information
Born	1 February 1920 Corneilla-del-Vercol, France
Died	19 July 2011 (aged 91) Corneilla-del-Vercol, France
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Horse riding
Event	Show jumping
Medal record Representing  France Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Individual jumping 1964 Tokyo Individual jumping 1964 Tokyo Team jumping 1968 Mexico City Team jumping World Championships 1966 Buenos Aires Individual jumping 1954 Madrid Individual jumping 1953 Paris Individual jumping European Championships 1959 Paris Individual jumping

Biography

D'Oriola's first gold medal was won at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, on the French gelding Ali Baba, and his second gold at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, riding the French gelding Lutteur B. Also in Tokyo, with Janous Lefevre and Guy Lefrant, again riding Lutteur B, he earned a team silver medal in jumping. In Mexico City, 1968, on Nagir, with teammates Lefevre and Jean Marcel Rozier, he acquired another silver in team jumping.^[1]

At the 1953 Show Jumping World Championships, in Paris, d'Oriola (on Ali Baba) took a bronze medal in the individual competition. In 1954, at Madrid, on Arlequin, he gained a silver in the individual competition. D'Oriola, riding Pomone B, was the gold medal World Champion in show jumping at Buenos Aires in 1966. He was also fourth at the 1953 and 1955 World Championships.^[2]

D'Oriola, with horse Virtuoso, was silver medalist at the European Show Jumping Championships in Paris, 1959.

D'Oriola's cousin, Christian, was also both an Olympic and world champion, but in fencing.^[1]