Astier Nicolas

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Astier Nicolas
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1989-01-19) 19 January 1989 (age 36)
Toulouse, France
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of France.svg France
Sport Equestrianism
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
Olympic Games
Olympic rings.svg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team eventing
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual eventing
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Malmö Team eventing

Astier Nicolas (born 19 January 1989) is a French equestrian. [1] [2] He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won the gold medal in the team eventing and the silver in the individual eventing.

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Biography

Astier Nicolas started horse riding at the age of 7, under the guidance of his mother. Three years later, he started the Pony competitions, becoming a member of the France team pony competition, at the age of 15. He won several awards with Java Bleu La Bree. The awards continued in the junior category and then Young riders, in 2009 he became vice-champion of eventing young riders of Europe.

Astier's first senior championships were 2013 European Eventing Championships. At the competition held in Malmö, Sweden, Astier won a team bronze and placed 24th in the individual portion. In 2015, Astier took victory in the prestigious Les Etoiles de Pau 4* event.

CCI 5* Results

Results
Event Kentucky Badminton Luhmühlen Burghley Pau Adelaide
201118th (Jhakti du Janlie)21st (Jhakti du Janlie)
20126th (Jhakti du Janlie)
20139th (Piaf de B'Neville)EL (Quickly du Buguet)
2014Did not participate
2015Gold medal icon.svg(Piaf de B'Neville)
EL (Quickly du Buguet)
201614th (Quickly du Buguet)17th (Molakai)
201715th (Piaf de B'Neville)EL (Molakai)6th (Molakai)
2018Did not participate
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

International Championship Results

Results
YearEventHorsePlacingNotes
2005European Pony ChampionshipsJava Bleue La Bree7thTeam
6thIndividual
2006European Junior ChampionshipsJhakti du JanlineBronze medal icon.svgTeam
8thIndividual
2007European Junior ChampionshipsJhakti du JanlineBronze medal icon.svgTeam
5thIndividual
2008European Young Rider ChampionshipsJhakti du JanlineBronze medal icon.svgTeam
10thIndividual
2009European Young Rider ChampionshipsJhakti du Janline5thTeam
Silver medal icon.svgIndividual
2010European Young Rider ChampionshipsJhakti du Janline12thTeam
ELIndividual
2011World Young Horse ChampionshipsQuickly du Buguet17thCCI**
2013World Young Horse ChampionshipsSpes Addit'or6thCCI**
2013European ChampionshipsPiaf de B'NevilleBronze medal icon.svgTeam
24thIndividual
2016World Young Horse ChampionshipsVinci de la Vigne5thCCI**
2016Olympic GamesPiaf de B'NevilleGold medal icon.svgTeam
Silver medal icon.svgIndividual
2017World Young Horse ChampionshipsAlertamalib'orGold medal icon.svgCCI**
2018World Equestrian GamesVinci de la Vigne7thIndividual
2019World Young Horse ChampionshipsLumberton9thCCI***
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

Notable Horses

References

  1. "Astier Nicolas". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. "Astier Nicolas". fei.org. Retrieved 26 September 2016.