Pierre Louis Marie Bertran de Balanda (28 September 1887 – 28 March 1946) was a French

horse rider The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million ...

who competed in the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...

. He was born in

Toulouse Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...

and died in

Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

. In 1928, he and his horse ''Papillon'' won the silver medal in the individual jumping competition. They also finished fourth as part of the French jumping team in the team jumping competition.

External links

Pierre Bertran de Balanda at databaseOlympics.com

1887 births 1946 deaths French male equestrians French show jumping riders Olympic equestrians for France Equestrians at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-Olympic-medalist-stub