Jacques Cariou
Jacques Cariou (23 September 1870 – 7 October 1951)[1] was a French show jumping champion. Cariou participated at the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, where he won a gold medal in the individual jumping, a silver medal in team jumping with the horse Mignon, and a bronze medal in individual three-day eventing with the horse Cocotte.[2]
Jacques Cariou at the 1912 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||
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Born | 23 September 1870 Peumérit, France | ||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 October 1951 (aged 81) Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
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Country | France | ||||||||||||||||
Sport | Horse riding | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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References
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- Jacques Cariou's Archived 13 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference.com
- "1912 Summer Olympics – Stockholm, Sweden – Equestrian" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 5 September 2008)
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