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Henri Chammartin
Personal information
Born30 July 1918 (1918-07-30)
Died30 May 2011 (2011-05-31) (aged 92)
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)

Medal record

Equestrian
Representing  Switzerland
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Individual dressage
Silver medal – second place 1952 Helsinki Team dressage
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Team dressage
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Stockholm Team dressage
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Mexico City Team dressage
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1966 Bern Team dressage
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1963 Copenhagen Individual dressage
Gold medal – first place 1965 Copenhagen Individual dressage
Silver medal – second place 1965 Copenhagen Team dressage
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Copenhagen Individual dressage
Bronze medal – third place 1967 Aachen Team dressage

Henri Chammartin (30 July 1918 – 30 May 2011) was a Swiss equestrian who won an individual gold medal in dressage at the 1964 Summer OlympicsinTokyo.[1][2]

In 1968, he and fellow equestrian Gustav Fischer both became the second Swiss sportspersons to compete at five Olympic Games. (The first was middle-distance runner Paul Martin.) At the Summer Olympics of 1968 made in Mexico City, his last Olympics, won his fifth medal: a bronze medal in team competition, finishing ninth in addition to the individual test.

He won five medals in total at the European Dressage Championships including two individual gold medals in 1963 and 1965.[3]

Following Chammartin's death, the International Equestrian Federation noted that he will be remembered as "a legend in the dressage world".[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Equestrian" Archived 21 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 22 September 2008)
  • ^ "Henri Chammartin". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 June 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  • ^ "Henri Chammartin at Olympics".
  • ^ Olympic Equestrian Champion, 92. Around the Rings. 2 June 2011
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