France Announces Olympic Eventing Team for Rio de Janeiro

Karim Florent Laghouag and Entebbe de Hus. Photo by Leslie Wylie. Karim Florent Laghouag and Entebbe de Hus. Photo by Leslie Wylie.

The Olympic team announcements keep on coming! France announced today which horses and riders will represent their country in all three equestrian disciplines. The French eventing team is:

  • Karim Florent Laghouag and Entebbe de Hus, an 11-year-old Hanoverian stallion owned by Agnès Celerier and Michel Duros
  • Mathieu Lemoine and Bart L, a 10-year-old Dutch gelding owned by Pierre Defrance and Jerome Pechenard
  • Astier Nicolas and Piaf B’Neville, a 13-year-old Selle Francais gelding owned by Ben Et Partner
  • Thibaut Vallette and Qing du Briot ENE HN, a 12-year-old Selle Francais gelding owned by l’Institut Français du Cheval et de L’Equitation

Nicolas Touzaint and Crocket 30 are the traveling reserve combination. 

Click the links below for all of the Olympic eventing team announcements thus far:

Australia

Germany

Great Britain

Ireland

New Zealand