# Nicolas Touzaint > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nicolas_Touzaint > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nicolas_Touzaint.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Touzaint > Source revision: 1312646656 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) French equestrian (born 1980) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Nicolas Touzaint" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Nicolas Touzaint Touzaint and Hidalgo de l'Ile at the Lancer Village during the cross-country phase of Badminton Horse Trials 2008. Medal record Equestrian Representing France Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team eventing 2024 Paris Team eventing 2020 Tokyo Team eventing European Championships 2003 Punchestown Individual eventing 2007 Pratoni del Vivaro Individual eventing 2003 Punchestown Team eventing 2005 Blenheim Team eventing 2007 Pratoni del Vivaro Team eventing 2011 Luhmühlen Team eventing 2013 Malmo Team eventing **Nicolas Touzaint** (born 10 May 1980 in [Angers](/source/Angers)) is a French professional horserider specialising in [three-day eventing](/source/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](/source/Badminton_Horse_Trials).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] 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.[1] ## Awards This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (July 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) - 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 - [Official site (in French) as translated (into English) by Google](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) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["FEI Database - Warning Cards - Discipline = eventing"](https://data.fei.org/Tools/BaseData.aspx?table=WarningCards////eventing/). *data.fei.org*. Retrieved 2024-07-17. 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) v t e European equestrian champions in individual eventing 1953: Laurence Rook (GBR) 1954: Bertie Hill (GBR) 1955: Frank Weldon (GBR) 1957: Sheila Willcox (GBR) 1959: Hans Schwarzenbach (SUI) 1962: James Templer (GBR) 1965: Marian Babirecki (POL) 1967: Eddie Boylan (IRL) 1969: Mary Gordon-Watson (GBR) 1971: The Princess Anne (GBR) 1973: Aleksandr Yevdokimov (URS) 1975: Lucinda Prior-Palmer (GBR) 1977: Lucinda Prior-Palmer (GBR) 1979: Nils Haagensen (DEN) 1981: Hansueli Schmutz (SUI) 1983: Rachel Bayliss (GBR) 1985: Virginia Holgate (GBR) 1987: Virginia Leng (GBR) 1989: Virginia Leng (GBR) 1991: Ian Stark (GBR) 1993: Jean-Lou Bigot (FRA) 1995: Lucy Thompson (IRL) 1997: Bettina Hoy (GER) 1999: Pippa Funnell (GBR) 2001: Pippa Funnell (GBR) 2003: Nicolas Touzaint (FRA) 2005: Zara Phillips (GBR) 2007: Nicolas Touzaint (FRA) 2009: Kristina Cook (GBR) 2011: Michael Jung (GER) 2013: Michael Jung (GER) 2015: Michael Jung (GER) 2017: Ingrid Klimke (GER) 2019: Ingrid Klimke (GER) 2021: Nicola Wilson (GBR) 2023: Ros Canter (GBR) 2025: Laura Collett (GBR) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF National France BnF data This biographical article related to French equestrianism is a stub. 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