Éric Navet

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]

Éric Navet

Medal record
Equestrian
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1992 BarcelonaTeam jumping
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1990 StockholmIndividual jumping
Gold medal – first place1990 StockholmTeam jumping
Gold medal – first place2002 JerezTeam jumping
Silver medal – second place1994 The HagueTeam jumping
Silver medal – second place1998 RomeTeam jumping
Silver medal – second place2002 JerezIndividual jumping

He was selected to represent France, in 1992 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

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


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