Mathieu Lemoine (born 17 April 1984) is a French Olympic

equestrian The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse". Horseback riding (or riding in British English) Examples of this are: *Equestrian sports *Equestrian order, one of the upper classes in ...

. He represented his country at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

, where he won the gold medal in the team eventing and finished 15th individually with the horse ''Bart''. Lemoine also competed at the

2015 European Eventing Championships The 2015 European Eventing Championship was held from September 10 to September 13, 2015 at Blair Castle, Scotland, UK. The competition is also used as qualification to the 2016 Summer Olympics. Two teams were to qualify. Germany, Great Britain, Ir ...

held at

Blair Castle Blair Castle (in Scottish Gaelic: ''Caisteil Bhlàir'') stands in its grounds near the village of Blair Atholl in Perthshire in Scotland. It is the ancestral home of the Clan Murray, and was historically the seat of their clan chief, chief, the ...

, where he won a team bronze.

References

1984 births Living people French male equestrians Equestrians at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for France Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-equestrian-bio-stub