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Astier Nicolas

Astier Nicolas
Personal information
Nationality French
Born (1989-01-19) 19 January 1989 (age 28)
Toulouse, France
Residence Chipping Sodbury, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country  France
Sport Equestrianism

Astier Nicolas (born 19 January 1989) is a French equestrian. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won the gold medal in the team eventing and the silver in the individual eventing.

Astier Nicolas practiced riding on pony at the age of 7, under the guidance of his mother. Three years later, he started the Pony competitions, becoming a member of the France team pony competition, at the age of 15. He won several awards with Java Bleu La Bree. The awards continued in the junior category and then Young riders, in 2009 he became vice-champion of eventing young riders of Europe.

Astier's first senior championships were 2013 European Eventing Championships. At the competition held in Malmö, Sweden, Astier won a team bronze and placed 24th in the individual portion. In 2015, Astier took victory in the prestigious Les Etoiles de Pau 4* event.



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