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Le
Goff Wins USA Equestrian Lifetime Achievement Award
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Jack
Le Goff, 72, of New Ringgold, PA, has been named as the winner
of the 2003 USA Equestrian Lifetime Achievement Award for the
Jimmy A. Williams Trophy. This prestigious award is bestowed annually
by the USA Equestrian Executive Committee to an outstanding equestrian
or equestrians whose “lifetime experience and accomplishments
exemplify uncommon devotion to the sport of horse showing and
whose equestrian career and horsemanship has continually elevated
the sport’s excellence.”
Le
Goff, a veteran of the French bronze medal team of the Rome Olympics
in 1960 and the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, was a member and Riding
Master of the French Army’s famed Cadre Noir. Le Goff coached
the 1964 and 1968 French Olympic Team, including the individual
gold medalist, Jean-Jacques Guyon and Pitou. Under his leadership
the United States Three-Day Team won the Olympic, World Championship
and Pan-American Championship in International Three-Day Eventing.
In 1983, Le Goff was chosen as the AHSA Horseman of the Year.
The following year, he retired as Coach of the United States Three-Day
Team and served for five years as the Director of the USET Training
Center in Hamilton, MA. He served as a member of the Ground Jury
for the World Equestrian Games in The Hague, Holland, and the
European Championships in Pratoni, Italy, the Atlanta Olympic
Games and the European Championships at Burghley (GB).
Le
Goff adds his name to a distinguished list of equestrians who
have made indelible marks on the world of horse sports, including
recent recipients of the sterling silver hat by Tiffany’s,
Frank D. Chapot, John H. Fritz, HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of
Edinburgh, and husband-and-wife teams, Kenneth and Sallie Wheeler
and Ned and Nina Bonnie.
The
award will be formally presented at the Pegasus Dinner held as
part of the U.S. Equestrian Annual Meeting, Jan. 16, 2004, in
Los Angeles, CA. For ticket information contact Krista Greathouse
at 859-225-6961 or via email at kgreathouse@usef.org.
Notes:
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Member and a Riding Master of the French Army’s famed Cadre
Noir
· Three-Day Champion of France in 1956 and 1964
· 1960 and 1964 Olympics
· Led French Team to a Bronze Medal in Rome in 1960
· 1964 coach of French Olympic Three-Day Team
· Coached Individual Gold Medal Winner in the 1968 Olympic
Games in Mexico – Pitou ridden by J.J Guyon
· Under his leadership the French Junior Three-Day Team
won Team Gold in the 1967 European Junior Championships in England,
along with an Individual Gold and Bronze
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In 1968 led French Junior Team to a Team Gold in the European
Championships in France and produced Individual Silver and Bronze
Medal winners
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Under his leadership the United States Three-Day Team won the
Olympic, World Championships and Pan American Championships in
international Three-Day Eventing
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Retied as coach of the United States Three-Day Team in 1984 and
served for five years as the Director of the USET Training Center
in Hamilton, MA
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Served as a member of the Ground Jury for the World Equestrian
Games in The Hague, Holland, the European Championships in Pratoni,
Italy, the Atlanta Olympic Games and the European Championships
in Burghley (GB)
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Founder of the World Cup for Eventing
· FEI “O” Eventing Judge
· “R” Eventing Judge
· 1983 AHSA Horseman of the Year
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roots to the Olympic Games, based on a foundation of fair, safe
competition and the welfare of its horses, and embracing this
vision, to be the best national equestrian federation in the world.
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