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Auguste de Laissardière
Laissardière at the 1920 Olympia London International Horse Show.
Personal information
Full nameMarie Auguste du Tremblay de Laissardière
NationalityFrench
Born(1881-04-15)15 April 1881
Vault-de-Lugny, France
Died21 June 1964(1964-06-21) (aged 83)
Paris, France
Sport
SportEquestrian

Auguste de Laissardière (15 April 1881 – 21 June 1964) was a French equestrian and cavalry officer. He competed in the team jumping event at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1]

He fought during both World War I and World War II. Assigned to the Cavalry School at Saumur in June 1940[2], he prevented the capture of the school's horses after the French defeat[3].

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Auguste de Laissardière Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Un grand cavalier : le colonel de Laissardière" [A great horseman : Colonel de Laissardière]. Le Monde (in French). 25 June 1964.
  3. ^ Durand, Pierre (15 December 2007). "Le Cadre noir". Revue historique des armées (in French) (249): 6–15. ISSN 0035-3299.
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