Karim Laghouag

{{Short description|French equestrian (born 1975)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Karim Laghouag | image = 54eme CHI de Genève - 20141213 - Indoor Cross Country - Karim Florent Laghouag et Pégase du Tuc 5.jpg | imagesize = 200px | caption = Laghouag in 2014 | nationality = French | sport = [[Equestrianism]] | event = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|08|04|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Roubaix]] | height = 1.77 m | weight = 70 kg | country = {{flag|France}} | pb = | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | [[Equestrianism|Equestrian]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{FRA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }} {{MedalGold|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Team eventing|Team eventing]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris]]|[[Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Team eventing|Team eventing]]}} {{MedalBronze | [[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]] | [[Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Team eventing|Team eventing]] }} {{Medal|Competition|[[European Eventing Championship|European Championships]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[2013 European Eventing Championship|2013 Malmö]]|Team eventing}} {{MedalBronze|[[2015 European Eventing Championships|2015 Blair Castle]]|Team eventing}} }} '''Karim Florent Laghouag''' (born 4 August 1975)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/karim-laghouag |title=Karim Laghouag |publisher=Rio 2016 |access-date=10 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806045322/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/karim-laghouag |archive-date= 6 August 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.fei.org/bios/Person/10004636/LAGHOUAG_Karim_Florent| title = Karim Laghouag| publisher = fei.org | access-date= 26 September 2016}}</ref> is a French Olympic [[equestrianism|equestrian]]. He represented his country at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]], where he won the gold medal in the team eventing and finished 28th individually with the horse ''Entebbe''.

Laghouag participated at two [[World Equestrian Games]] (in [[2006 World Equestrian Games|2006]] and [[2010 World Equestrian Games|2010]]) and at three [[European Eventing Championships]] (in 2009, 2013 and 2015). He won team bronze medals in 2013 and 2015. Meanwhile, his biggest individual achievement is 10th place from 2006 World Games held in [[Aachen]], [[Germany]]

==Personal life== Laghouag is of Algerian descent through his father.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lexpress.fr/sport/karim-florent-laghouag-quand-les-chevaux-sont-des-fees_1910966.html|title=Karim Florent Laghouag: quand les chevaux sont des fées|date=May 23, 2017|website=L'Express}}</ref>

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