Eric Lamaze

Eric Lamaze is a Canadian show jumping rider and Olympic champion, born on April 17, 1968 in Montreal. He started riding at twelve, working in exchange for time in the saddle, and began competing at grand prix level in 1991 or 1992. Riding the stallion Hickstead he won individual gold and team silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He has won three Olympic medals, four Pan American Games medals and a World Equestrian Games bronze, and is considered one of the best show jumpers Canada has produced. His career was interrupted by positive drug tests before the 1996 and 2000 Games, both of which arbitrators overturned. In 2007 he became the first Canadian jumping rider in twenty years in the world top ten. He is currently banned from equestrian activities until 2027.