Hubert Parot

Hubert Parot was a French horseman, born in Athis-Mons on 23 May 1933 and dead in Fontainebleau in January 2015. He rode in both dressage and show jumping and competed at two Olympic Games, 1972 and 1976. The high point of his career was the team jumping gold medal that France won at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, with Parot riding Rivage. He also won the 1979 Mediterranean Games and two bronze medals at the European Championships, in the individual event in 1973 and the team event in 1975. He appeared in five European Championships, two World Championships and more than 50 Nations Cups, and counted 1,214 Grand Prix victories. He later ran an equestrian centre and served as selector of the Moroccan jumping squad.