Kevin Staut (born 15 November 1980) is a French equestrian. His specialty is

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, either individually or as part of a team. He has received medals at the Show Jumping French Junior Championships, the Show Jumping European Championship for Young Riders, the Show Jumping European Championships, and the Show Jumping World Championships. He placed 34th at the

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and is currently ranked sixth on the FEI Rolex Ranking List. Staut is recognized as
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Rider Ambassador, and frequently donates his time and talent to helping the organization fracture the

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for children around the world.

Life

Biography

Kevin Staut was born 15 November 1980 in

Le Chesnay Le Chesnay () is a former commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, fr ...

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. When his mother's horse, Apollon, retired in Normandy, he became immediately fascinated in horseback riding. When Staut was in his fifth year of secondary school, he left the school system to follow correspondence courses. In 1996, he left to stay with Michael Hécart and received an opportunity to ride "some top-quality horses". In 2000, Staut won the gold medal at the Show Jumping European Championship for Young Riders on the horse Crocodile Man and then went on to work with Hubert Bourdy for a year and a half. In July 2007, Staut, the newest member of the French national equestrian team, went to

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, where his team placed tenth. Soon after, he was selected again for the team to be a part for the European Championships in

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. On 30 August 2009, Staut won the gold prize at the Show Jumping European Championships for individual jumping. The next year he was part of the Show Jumping World Championships, where his team ranked second. When he went back to the European Championships, his team ranked second again. At the

, Staut advanced to Round A of the final round for individual jumping, where he ended in thirty-fourth place on Silvana. Staut was also part of the French team for team jumping, where the team ranked twelfth and Staut personally received four faults. He was later named the President of the

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Personal life

Staut enjoys reading

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and Guillaume Musso. He also watches DVDs, as he has little time for going to a cinema, and particularly enjoys

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s and

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movies.

Team

Kevin Staut's equestrian team includes Laurence Gazel, Frédéric Bouvard, Clémence Jourlin (Riders International Management Company), Vincent Goudin (veterinarian), Dimitri Vandormael (smith), Pierre-Henri Renault (smith), and Kevin Blanco (cavalier).

Horses

References

https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/xmOv6G/sprangryttersken-longem-vant-anken-i-retten

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Staut, Kevin French male equestrians 1980 births Living people Equestrians at the 2012 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for France Sportspeople from Le Chesnay Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics 21st-century French sportsmen