# Astier Nicolas

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French equestrian (born 1989)

Astier Nicolas Personal information Nationality French Born (1989-01-19) 19 January 1989 (age 37) Toulouse, France Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Weight 70 kg (154 lb) Sport Country France Sport Equestrianism

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

## 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](/source/2013_European_Eventing_Championships). At the competition held in [Malmö](/source/Malm%C3%B6), [Sweden](/source/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 2011 18th (Jhakti du Janlie) 21st (Jhakti du Janlie) 2012 6th (Jhakti du Janlie) 2013 9th (Piaf de B'Neville) EL (Quickly du Buguet) 2014 Did not participate 2015 (Piaf de B'Neville) EL (Quickly du Buguet) 2016 14th (Quickly du Buguet) 17th (Molakai) 2017 15th (Piaf de B'Neville) EL (Molakai) 6th (Molakai) 2018 Did not participate EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

## International championship results

Results Year Event Horse Placing Notes 2005 European Pony Championships Java Bleue La Bree 7th Team 6th Individual 2006 European Junior Championships Jhakti du Janline Team 8th Individual 2007 European Junior Championships Jhakti du Janline Team 5th Individual 2008 European Young Rider Championships Jhakti du Janline Team 10th Individual 2009 European Young Rider Championships Jhakti du Janline 5th Team Individual 2010 European Young Rider Championships Jhakti du Janline 12th Team EL Individual 2011 World Young Horse Championships Quickly du Buguet 17th CCI** 2013 World Young Horse Championships Spes Addit'or 6th CCI** 2013 European Championships Piaf de B'Neville Team 24th Individual 2016 World Young Horse Championships Vinci de la Vigne 5th CCI** 2016 Olympic Games Piaf de B'Neville Team Individual 2017 World Young Horse Championships Alertamalib'or CCI** 2018 World Equestrian Games Vinci de la Vigne 7th Individual 2019 World Young Horse Championships Lumberton 9th CCI*** EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

## Notable horses

- **Java Bleue La Bree** - 1997 Chestnut Pony Mare (La Bree Eros x Trefaes Bach) - 2005 European Pony Championships - Team Seventh Place, Individual Sixth Place

- **Jhakti du Janlie** - 1997 Bay Selle Francais Gelding (Bhakti de Beaupre x Question Mark) - 2006 European Junior Championships - Team Bronze Medal, Individual Eighth Place - 2007 European Junior Championships - Team Bronze Medal, Individual Fifth Place - 2008 European Young Rider Championships - Team Sixth Place, Individual Tenth Place - 2009 European Young Rider Championships - Team Fifth Place, Individual Silver Medal

- **Piaf de B'Neville** - 2003 Bay Selle Francais Gelding (Caprice D'Elle II x Reve D'Elle) - 2013 European Championships - Team Bronze Medal, Individual 24th Place - 2015 Pau CCI**** Winner - 2016 Rio Olympics - Team Gold Medal, Individual Silver Medal

- **Vinci de la Vinge** - 2009 Bay Selle Francais Gelding (Esterel Des Bois SF x Duc du Hutrel) - 2016 FEI Eventing Young Horse World Championships - Fifth Place - 2018 World Equestrian Games - Seventh Place Individual

- **Alertamalib'or** - 2010 Bay Anglo-Arabian Gelding (Yarlands Summer Song x Prince Ig'or) - 2017 FEI Eventing Young Horse World Championships - Gold Medal

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Astier Nicolas"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160806044728/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/astier-nicolas). Rio 2016. Archived from [the original](https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/astier-nicolas) on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Astier Nicolas"](http://www.fei.org/bios/Person/10012976/NICOLAS_Astier). fei.org. Retrieved 26 September 2016.

## External links

- [Astier Nicolas](https://www.fei.org/athlete/10012976) (and [here](https://bios.fei.org/bios/Person/10012976)) at [FEI](/source/International_Federation_for_Equestrian_Sports)

- [Astier Nicolas](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/133845) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

- [Astier Nicolas](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/astier-nicolas) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee)

- [Astier Nicolas](https://www.equipedefrance.com/athlete/astier-nicolas) at *Équipe de France* (in French)

- [Astier Nicolas](https://web.archive.org/web/2022/https://espritbleu.franceolympique.com/espritbleu/athletes/3/nicolas-31083.php) at [*Équipe de France Olympique*](/source/French_National_Olympic_and_Sports_Committee) (archived) (in French)

v t e Olympic equestrian champions in team eventing 1912: Nordlander, Adlercreutz, Casparsson, Åminne (SWE) 1920: Mörner, Lundström, von Braun, Dyrsch (SWE) 1924: van der Voort van Zijp, de Mortanges, de Kruijff, Colenbrander (NED) 1928: de Mortanges, de Kruijff, van der Voort van Zijp (NED) 1932: Thomson, Chamberlin, Argo (USA) 1936: Stubbendorf, Lippert, von Wangenheim (GER) 1948: Henry, Anderson, Thomson (USA) 1952: von Blixen-Finecke, Stahre, Frölén (SWE) 1956: Weldon, Rook, Hill (GBR) 1960: Morgan, Lavis, Roycroft (AUS) 1964: Checcoli, Angioni, Ravano (ITA) 1968: Allhusen, Meade, Jones (GBR) 1972: Meade, Gordon-Watson, Parker, Phillips (GBR) 1976: Coffin, Plumb, Davidson, Tauskey (USA) 1980: Blinov, Salnikov, Volkov, Rogozhin (URS) 1984: Plumb, Stives, Fleischmann, Davidson (USA) 1988: Erhorn, Baumann, Kaspareit, Ehrenbrink (FRG) 1992: Green, Rolton, Hoy, Ryan (AUS) 1996: Schaeffer, Rolton, Hoy, Dutton (AUS) 2000: Dutton, Hoy, Tinney, Ryan (AUS) 2004: Boiteau, Lyard, Courrèges, Teulère, Touzaint (FRA) 2008: Thomsen, Ostholt, Dibowski, Klimke, Romeike (GER) 2012: Auffarth, Jung, Klimke, Schrade, Thomsen (GER) 2016: Laghouag, Lemoine, Nicolas, Vallette (FRA) 2020: Collett, McEwen, Townend (GBR) 2024: Canter, McEwen, Collett (GBR)

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