Nicolas Touzaint

{{Short description|French equestrian (born 1980)}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2024}}{{MedalTableTop|Nicolas touzaint hidalgo de lile lancer village badminton 2008.jpg|250px|Touzaint and Hidalgo de l'Ile at the Lancer Village during the cross-country phase of Badminton Horse Trials 2008.}} {{MedalSport | [[Equestrian at the Summer Olympics|Equestrian]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{FRA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }} [[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]] {{MedalGold | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Equestrian at the 2004 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]] }} {{MedalGold | [[European Eventing Championship|2003 Punchestown]] | Individual eventing }} {{MedalGold | [[European Eventing Championship|2007 Pratoni del Vivaro]] | Individual eventing }} {{MedalSilver | [[European Eventing Championship|2003 Punchestown]] | Team eventing }} {{MedalSilver | [[European Eventing Championship|2005 Blenheim]] | Team eventing }} {{MedalSilver | [[European Eventing Championship|2007 Pratoni del Vivaro]] | Team eventing }} {{MedalSilver | [[2011 European Eventing Championship|2011 Luhmühlen]] | Team eventing }} {{MedalBronze | [[2013 European Eventing Championship|2013 Malmo]] | Team eventing }} {{MedalBottom}}

'''Nicolas Touzaint''' (born 10 May 1980 in [[Angers]]) is a French professional horserider specialising in [[three-day eventing]]. He was born into a family already known for its performance in equestrianism: his father, Jean-Yves Touzaint, was champion of France eventing in 1975 and 1976. His uncle, Thierry Touzaint, is a national coach in the same discipline.

On 4 May 2008 he became the first Frenchman to win the [[Badminton Horse Trials]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

In 2024, he received a yellow card from the FEI for "Abuse of Horse - Excessive use of whip, bit and/or spurs" for his actions at the Marbach Horse Trials.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FEI Database - Warning Cards - Discipline = eventing |url=https://data.fei.org/Tools/BaseData.aspx?table=WarningCards////eventing/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=data.fei.org}}</ref>

== Awards == {{BLP unreferenced section|date=July 2024}} * 2003: champion of Europe at Punchestown (Ireland) and second in the team event with Galan de Sauvagère. * 2004: Olympic champion team in the Olympic Games in Athens, 9th in individual with Galan de Sauvagère. * 2005: Vice-champion of Europe team to Blenheim (England) with Hildago de l'Ile in 2005. * 2005: French champion. * 2006: French champion, after only three stages, where Nicolas Touzaint finished first in six. * 2006: winner of the finals of the World Cup competitions complete with Galan de Sauvagère in Malmo (Sweden). * 2006 Winner of Boekelo CCI*** in Boekelo, The Netherlands with Tatchou * 2007: Winner of CCI ** Compiègne with Joker of Helby * 2007: Winner of CCI *** Pratoni del Vivaro in Italy with Galan de Sauvagère * 2007: Winner of CCI *** Fontainebleau with Galan de Sauvagère * 2007: Winner of CCI *** Saumur with Tatchou * 2007: Champion of France eventing * 2007: champion of Europe in Pratoni del Vivaro (Italy) and vice-champion of Europe with a team of Galan Sauvagère * 2007: Winner of CCI **** Pau Hidalgo with the island. * 2007: After this season the Exceptional is No. 3 on the FEI world rankings list * 2008: Champion of France Contest Complete with Tatchou (Pompadour 25–26 April 2008) * 2008: winner of CCI **** Badminton (Great Britain) with Hildago de l'Ile.

== References == * [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.cg49.fr/nicolas_touzaint/index.asp&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=8&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DNicolas%2BTouzaint%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff Official site (in French) as translated (into English) by Google] <references />

{{Olympic champions – Equestrian team eventing}} {{European champions – Equestrian individual eventing}} {{Authority control}}

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