Jacques Cariou
| File:Jean Cariou 1912.jpg Jacques Cariou at the 1912 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 23 September 1870 Peumérit, France | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 October 1931 (aged 61) Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France | |||||||||||||||||
| Monument | Peumerit Terre de jeux à Jacques Cariou | |||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Soldier | |||||||||||||||||
| Employer | French Army | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Marie Bezançon | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | France | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Equestrian: dressage, show jumping, eventing | |||||||||||||||||
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Jacques Cariou (23 September 1870 – 7 October 1931)[1][2] was a French show jumping champion and military officer. Cariou participated at the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, where he won a gold medal in the individual jumping, a silver medal in team jumping with the horse Mignon, and a bronze medal in individual three-day eventing with the horse Cocotte.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Cariou was born in 1870 in Peumerit, Brittany.[3] Cariou spent his early years as a teacher and horsemanship instructor,[2] but later would go on to join the Army. He would eventually rise to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.[4] Early in his military years, he was awarded France's Order of Agricultural Merit as well as a foreign award from Belgium, but it is not known how he came to be awarded these honors.[5]
1912 Olympics
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Cariou was selected by the Army to represent France at the 1912 Olympic Games. During the games, Cariou participated in all three equestrian disciplines. He placed 14th individually in the dressage competition on Mignon. He would win an individual gold medal in the jumping competition and help the French team win the silver medal in the team competition. Riding Cocotte, he won an individual bronze medal in the eventing competition.[6][7]
World War 1
[edit | edit source]After the Olympics, he returned to the Army. France shortly would become embroiled in World War I. In 1915, he led a battalion in the Battle of Champagne where he was gassed. His actions as the leader of his unit would later earn him a knighthood of the Legion of Honour.[8]
Later life
[edit | edit source]He remained with the Army and would later be honored as an officer of the Legion of Honour for his later work as a military officer.[9]
Cariou died on 7 October 1931.[10]
Legacy
[edit | edit source]Prior to the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, Cariou's hometown of Peumerit honored their former Olympic champion with a commemorative plaque in the town center, and named the local sports arena after him.[11][12]
Honors
[edit | edit source]- Order of Agricultural Merit, 21 January 1910[5]
- Order of the Crown (Belgium), 1910[5]
- Swedish Commemoration Medal, 1912[5]
- Croix de Guerre, 1918[5]
- Knight of the Legion of Honour, 23 May 1922.[9]
- Officer of the Legion of Honour, March 7, 1924.[13][14]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Jacques Cariou's Archived 13 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference.com
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- ^ "1912 Summer Olympics – Stockholm, Sweden – Equestrian" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 5 September 2008)
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External links
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- 1870 births
- 1931 deaths
- Sportspeople from Finistère
- French male equestrians
- French show jumping riders
- Event riders
- 20th-century French sportsmen
- Olympic equestrians for France
- Equestrians at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for France
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- Olympic bronze medalists for France
- Olympic medalists in equestrian
- Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- French Army officers
- French military personnel of World War I
- Knights of the Legion of Honour
- Officers of the Legion of Honour
- Knights of the Order of Agricultural Merit
- Officers of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)