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Éric Navet

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Éric Navet

Medal record
Equestrian
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona Team jumping
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1990 Stockholm Individual jumping
Gold medal – first place 1990 Stockholm Team jumping
Gold medal – first place 2002 Jerez Team jumping
Silver medal – second place 1994 The Hague Team jumping
Silver medal – second place 1998 Rome Team jumping
Silver medal – second place 2002 Jerez Individual jumping

Éric Navet (born 9 May 1959) is a French equestrian and Olympic medalist. He was born in Bayeux. He won a bronze medal in show jumping at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[1]

He was selected to represent France, in 1990 at the world championships in Stockholm with his young stallion of 8 years old Quito de Baussy, bred by his father at their Haras the Baussy farm in Normandy, and won there both the gold individual and team medals [2]

Navet lives in southern California, where he trains World Cup rider Karl Cook, and continues to compete at the national and FEI levels.

References

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  1. ^ "Éric Navet". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  2. ^ Oliynyk, Sandra (14 August 2020). "5 Questions with French Olympian Eric Navet". Expert how-to for English Riders. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
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