Henri Chammartin
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| Born | July 30, 1918 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | May 30, 2011 (aged 92) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Henri Chammartin (July 30, 1918 – May 30, 2011) was a Swiss equestrian and Olympic champion. He won an individual gold medal in dressage at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[1][2]
In 1968, he and fellow equestrian Gustav Fischer both became the second Swiss sportspersons to compete at five Olympic Games. (The first was middle-distance runner Paul Martin.) At the Summer Olympics of 1968 made in Mexico City, his last Olympics, won his fifth medal: a bronze medal in team competition, finishing ninth in addition to the individual test.
Following Chammartin's death, the International Equestrian Federation said in a statement that he will be remembered as "a legend in the dressage world" (as reported by Olympic news outlet Around the Rings.
See also
References
- ↑ "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Equestrian" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 22 September 2008)
- ↑ "Henri Chammartin". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
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