jack april france july maine france french equestrian best known coach american day team coached team multiple international championships winning international medals including olympics known having large impact american world era coached called golden era american prior american coach served competed day france rode summer olympics winning team bronze medal summer olympics win medal subsequently acted coach french national team winning multiple regional international medals retiring american coach acted consultant finding new riders helped coach canadian national team served director served judge committee member olympic appeals judge personal life competitive career born father french cavalry officer jack began riding early teenage years competed jockey showing age seventeen death father joined french military began riding national riding academy training riding master school remained position decade french soldier fought war appearance olympic games competed olympic games games finished sixth individually helped french team bronze medal summer olympics tokyo finished individually french team came eighth french national champion long time companion named death survived children grandchildren great grandchildren coaching career following return algeria competition olympics coach french team remaining summer olympics position civilian equestrian coach french national team previously control army tenure french riders took gold medals summer olympics games moved united_states coach american equestrian team coached team international championships including olympics teams earned international medals time coach complete control team including selection training pairing horses riders said able identify team event horses merely running hands legs power taken away coach objective selection system place abilities area took teams numerous medals coach position american coach historian called greatest coaches day history built multiple medal winning team previously unknown horses riders retiring american coach spent years hamilton massachusetts director training center continued work time developing new riders american team taking time job coaching canadian team summer olympics served member day event committee federation including serving day judge rank meaning judge world equestrian games summer olympics multiple summer olympics served chair representative assisting supervising equestrian competition games retirement coaching judging moved homes pennsylvania arizona france died france legacy named year predecessor inducted hall fame followed named influential horsemen twentieth century magazine chronicle horse death announced creation jack memorial fund provide travel grants united_states riders competing world cup final veteran olympic riders cite having large impact american olympic rider says strict coached team think miss approach ride horses brought team cross country 1960s 1970s early 1980s known golden age equestrian sports named major player arena rider called consensus builder outrageous terrible jokes promoter master chef father fisherman probably defining persona french male
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