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Pierre Durand (equestrian, born 1955)

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Not to be confused with Pierre Durand (equestrian, born 1931).
Pierre Durand
Medal record
Men's equestrian
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Individual jumping
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul Team jumping
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1990 Stockholm Team jumping

Pierre Durand (born 16 February 1955) is a French show jumping champion, and 1988 Olympic champion.[1]

Olympic record

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Durand participated at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he won a gold medal in Individual Jumping, and also a team bronze medal.[2]

In film

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Durand is played by Guillaume Canet in Jappeloup, a film by Christian Duguay about the bond he developed with Jappeloup until they won at the Olympics. He sued the producers for misuse of the brand "Jappeloup".[3][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pierre Durand, Jr". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
  2. ^ "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, Japan – Equestrian" Archived 2008-05-31 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 28 October 2008)
  3. ^ Ipert, Fiona (March 28, 2013). "Jappeloup attaqué par Pierre Durand" [Jappeloup attacked by Pierre Durand]. Le Figaro (in French).
  4. ^ "Les producteurs du film 'Jappeloup' attaqués par le cavalier Pierre Durand" [The producers of the film 'Jappeloup' attacked by the rider Pierre Durand]. Télérama (in French). March 29, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  5. ^ Haget, Henri (March 27, 2013). "Le cavalier de Jappeloup attaque les producteurs du film" [The rider of Jappeloup attacks the producers of the film]. L'Express (in French).
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