Astier Nicolas
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1989-01-19) 19 January 1989
Toulouse, France
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country France
SportEquestrianism
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team eventing
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual eventing
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Malmö Team eventing

Astier Nicolas (born 19 January 1989) is a French equestrian.[1][2] He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won the gold medal in the team eventing and the silver in the individual eventing.

Biography

Astier Nicolas started horse riding at the age of 7, under the guidance of his mother. Three years later, he started the Pony competitions, becoming a member of the France team pony competition, at the age of 15. He won several awards with Java Bleu La Bree. The awards continued in the junior category and then Young riders, in 2009 he became vice-champion of eventing young riders of Europe.

Astier's first senior championships were 2013 European Eventing Championships. At the competition held in Malmö, Sweden, Astier won a team bronze and placed 24th in the individual portion. In 2015, Astier took victory in the prestigious Les Etoiles de Pau 4* event.

CCI 5* Results

Results
Event Kentucky Badminton Luhmühlen Burghley Pau Adelaide
201118th (Jhakti du Janlie) 21st (Jhakti du Janlie)
2012 6th (Jhakti du Janlie)
20139th (Piaf de B'Neville) EL (Quickly du Buguet)
2014Did not participate
2015 1st place, gold medalist(s) (Piaf de B'Neville)
EL (Quickly du Buguet)
201614th (Quickly du Buguet) 17th (Molakai)
201715th (Piaf de B'Neville) EL (Molakai) 6th (Molakai)
2018 Did not participate
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

International Championship Results

Results
Year Event Horse Placing Notes
2005European Pony ChampionshipsJava Bleue La Bree 7th Team
6th Individual
2006European Junior Championships Jhakti du Janline 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Team
8th Individual
2007European Junior ChampionshipsJhakti du Janline 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Team
5th Individual
2008European Young Rider Championships Jhakti du Janline3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Team
10th Individual
2009 European Young Rider Championships Jhakti du Janline 5th Team
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Individual
2010 European Young Rider Championships Jhakti du Janline 12th Team
EL Individual
2011 World Young Horse Championships Quickly du Buguet 17th CCI**
2013 World Young Horse Championships Spes Addit'or 6th CCI**
2013 European Championships Piaf de B'Neville 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Team
24th Individual
2016 World Young Horse Championships Vinci de la Vigne 5th CCI**
2016 Olympic Games Piaf de B'Neville 1st place, gold medalist(s) Team
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Individual
2017 World Young Horse Championships Alertamalib'or 1st place, gold medalist(s) CCI**
2018 World Equestrian Games Vinci de la Vigne 7th Individual
2019 World Young Horse Championships Lumberton 9th CCI***
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

Notable Horses

  • Java Bleue La Bree - 1997 Chestnut Pony Mare (La Bree Eros x Trefaes Bach)
    • 2005 European Pony Championships - Team Seventh Place, Individual Sixth Place
  • Jhakti du Janlie - 1997 Bay Selle Francais Gelding (Bhakti de Beaupre x Question Mark)
    • 2006 European Junior Championships - Team Bronze Medal, Individual Eighth Place
    • 2007 European Junior Championships - Team Bronze Medal, Individual Fifth Place
    • 2008 European Young Rider Championships - Team Sixth Place, Individual Tenth Place
    • 2009 European Young Rider Championships - Team Fifth Place, Individual Silver Medal
  • Piaf de B'Neville - 2003 Bay Selle Francais Gelding (Caprice D'Elle II x Reve D'Elle)
    • 2013 European Championships - Team Bronze Medal, Individual 24th Place
    • 2015 Pau CCI**** Winner
    • 2016 Rio Olympics - Team Gold Medal, Individual Silver Medal
  • Vinci de la Vinge - 2009 Bay Selle Francais Gelding (Esterel Des Bois SF x Duc du Hutrel)
    • 2016 FEI Eventing Young Horse World Championships - Fifth Place
    • 2018 World Equestrian Games - Seventh Place Individual
  • Alertamalib'or - 2010 Bay Anglo-Arabian Gelding (Yarlands Summer Song x Prince Ig'or)
    • 2017 FEI Eventing Young Horse World Championships - Gold Medal

References

  1. "Astier Nicolas". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. "Astier Nicolas". fei.org. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
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