Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola

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Medal record
Equestrian
Olympic Games
Gold	1952 Helsinki	Individual jumping
Gold	1964 Tokyo	Individual jumping
Silver	1964 Tokyo	Team jumping
Silver	1968 Mexico City	Team jumping
World Championships
Bronze	1953 Paris	Individual jumping
Silver	1954 Madrid	Individual jumping
Gold	1966 Buenos Aires	Individual jumping
European Championships
Silver	1959 Paris	Individual jumping

Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola, born February 1, 1920 in Corneilla-del-Vercol, France, is a French equestrian, who competed in the sport of show jumping.

D'Oriola twice won Olympic gold medals in the individual Jumping Grand Prix event, at Helsinki in 1952, aboard Ali Baba, and at Tokyo in 1964, on Lutteur B. Also at Tokyo, with Janous Lefevre and Guy Lefrant, again riding Lutteur B, he earned a team silver medal in jumping. In Mexico City, 1968, on Nagir, with teammates Lefevre and Jean Marcel Rozier, he acquired another silver in team jumping.

At the Show Jumping World Championships, in Paris, 1953, d'Oriola (on Ali Baba) took a bronze medal in the individual competition. In 1954, at Madrid, aboard Arlequin, he gained a silver in the individual competion. D'Oriola, riding Pomone B, was the gold medal World Champion in show jumping at Buenos Aires in 1966. He was also 4th at the 1953 and 1955, World Championships.^[1]

Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola, with horse Virtuoso, was silver medalist at the European Show Jumping Championships in Paris, 1959.

Pierre d'Oriola's cousin, Christian d'Oriola, was also both an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist, in the sport of fencing.