Xavier Lesage

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Olympic medal record
Men's equestrian
Competitor for France
Gold	1932 Los Angeles	Individual dressage
Gold	1932 Los Angeles	Team dressage
Bronze	1924 Paris	Individual dressage

François Xavier Edmond Marie Lesage (25 October 1885 – 3 August 1968) was a French horse rider who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was born in Moret-sur-Loing and died in Gisors.

Biography

In 1924 he and his horse Plumard won the bronze medal in the individual dressage competition. Eight years later he and his horse Taine won the gold medal in the individual dressage as well as in the team dressage.

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Olympic Equestrian Champions in Individual Dressage

1912: Carl Bonde (SWE)
1920: Janne Lundblad (SWE)
1924: Ernst Linder (SWE)
1928: Carl Freiherr von Langen (GER)
1932: Xavier Lesage (FRA)
1936: Heinz Pollay (GER)
1948: Hans Moser (SUI)
1952 – 1956: Henri Saint Cyr (SWE)
1960: Sergei Filatov (URS)
1964: Henri Chammartin (SUI)
1968: Ivan Kizimov (URS)
1972: Liselott Linsenhoff (FRG)
1976: Christine Stückelberger (SUI)
1980: Elisabeth Theurer (AUT)
1984: Reiner Klimke (FRG)
1988: Nicole Uphoff (FRG)
1992: Nicole Uphoff (GER)
1996: Isabell Werth (GER)
2000 – 2004 – 2008: Anky van Grunsven (NED)
2012: Charlotte Dujardin (GBR)

Olympic Equestrian Champions in Team Dressage

1928: Germany (von Langen, Linkenbach, Lotzbeck)
1932: France (Lesage, Marion, Jousseaume)
1936: Germany (Pollay, Gerhard, Oppeln-Bronikowski)
1948: France (Jousseaume, Paillard, Buret)
1952 – 1956: Sweden (Saint Cyr, Boltenstern, Persson)
1964: Germany (Boldt, Klimke, Neckermann)
1968: West Germany (Neckermann, Klimke, Linsenhoff)
1972: Soviet Union (Petushkova, Kizimov, Kalita)
1976: West Germany (Boldt, Klimke, Grillo)
1980: Soviet Union (Kovshov, Ugryumov, Misevich)
1984: West Germany (Klimke, Sauer, Krug)
1988: West Germany (Klimke, Linsenhoff, Theodorescu, Uphoff)
1992: Germany (Balkenhol, Uphoff, Theodorescu, Werth)
1996: Germany (Balkenhol, Schaudt, Theodorescu, Werth)
2000: Germany (Werth, Capellmann, Salzgeber, de Ridder)
2004: Germany (Kemmer, Schmidt, Schaudt, Salzgeber)
2008: Germany (Kemmer, Capellmann, Werth)
2012: Great Britain (Hester, Bechtolsheimer, Dujardin)

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Persondata
Name	Lesage, Xavier
Alternative names
Short description	Equestrian
Date of birth	25 October 1885
Place of birth
Date of death	3 August 1968
Place of death

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