Karim Florent Laghouag (born 4 August 1975)[1][2] is a French Olympic equestrian. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won the gold medal in the team eventing and finished 28th individually with the horse Entebbe.
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Nationality | French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Roubaix | 4 August 1975|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Equestrianism | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Laghouag participated at two World Equestrian Games (in 2006 and 2010) and at three European Eventing Championships (in 2009, 2013 and 2015). He won team bronze medals in 2013 and 2015. Meanwhile, his biggest individual achievement is 10th place from 2006 World Games held in Aachen, Germany
Personal life
editLaghouag is of Algerian descent through his father.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Karim Laghouag". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "Karim Laghouag". fei.org. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ "Karim Florent Laghouag: quand les chevaux sont des fées". L'Express. May 23, 2017.