Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola

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Olympic medal record
Equestrian
Gold Helsinki 1952 Individual Jumping
Gold Tokyo 1964 Individual Jumping
Silver Tokyo 1964 Team Jumping
Silver Mexico City 1968 Team Jumping

Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola, born February 1, 1920 in Corneilla-del-Vercol, France, is a French equestrian.

D'Oriola twice won Olympic gold medals in the individual Jumping Grand Prix event, at Helsinki in 1952, aboard Ali Baba, and at Tokyo in 1964, on Lutteur B. Also at Tokyo, with Janous Lefevre and Guy Lefrant, again riding Lutteur B, he earned a team silver medal in jumping. In Mexico City, 1968, on Nagir, with teammates Lefevre and Jean Marcel Rozier, he acquired another silver in team jumping.

In the inaugural World Equestrian Games, in Paris, 1953, d'Oriola (on Ali Baba) took a bronze medal in the show jumping competition. In 1954, at Madrid, aboard Arlequin, he gained a silver. D'Oriola, riding Pomone B, was the gold medal World Champion in show jumping at Buenos Aires in 1966.

Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola, with horse Virtuoso, was silver medalist for the European Show Jumping Championship in Paris, 1959.

Pierre D'Oriola's cousin, Christian d'Oriola, is also both an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist, in the sport of fencing.

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