French show jumping equestrian
Pierre Durand (born 16 February 1955) is a French show jumping champion, and 1988 Olympic champion.[1]
Durand participated at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , where he won a gold medal in Individual Jumping, and also a team bronze medal.[2]
Durand is played by Guillaume Canet in Jappeloup , a film by Christian Duguay about the bond he developed with Jappeloup until they won at the Olympics. He sued the producers for misuse of the brand "Jappeloup".[3] [4] [5]
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Pierre Durand, Jr" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
^ "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, Japan – Equestrian" Archived 2008-05-31 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 28 October 2008)
^ Ipert, Fiona (March 28, 2013). "Jappeloup attaqué par Pierre Durand" [Jappeloup attacked by Pierre Durand]. Le Figaro (in French).
^ "Les producteurs du film 'Jappeloup' attaqués par le cavalier Pierre Durand" [The producers of the film 'Jappeloup' attacked by the rider Pierre Durand]. Télérama (in French). March 29, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2022 .
^ Haget, Henri (March 27, 2013). "Le cavalier de Jappeloup attaque les producteurs du film" [The rider of Jappeloup attacks the producers of the film]. L'Express (in French).
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