Didier Courrèges (born 15 June 1960 in

Évreux Évreux () is a commune in and the capital of the department of Eure, in the French region of Normandy. Geography The city is on the Iton river. Climate History In late Antiquity, the town, attested in the fourth century CE, was named ...

, Eure) is a high-level

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.Didier Courrèges
''Sports Reference LLC'', accessed August 9, 2009. He is professor of equitation at the National School of Equitation in Saumur,

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, and a member of its equestrian display team, the ''

Cadre Noir The Cadre Noir (; en, Black Cadre) is a corps of ecuyers, or instructors, at the French military riding academy École Nationale d'Équitation at Saumur in western France, founded in 1828. It also performs as an equestrian display team. Its na ...

''. He is a non-commissioned officer in the

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and holds the rank of '' major''. He was a member of the French team that won a gold medal in team eventing in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Honours

* Knight of the

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References

1960 births Living people Sportspeople from Évreux Event riders French male equestrians Olympic equestrians of France Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for France 21st-century French people {{France-equestrian-bio-stub