{"id":19279,"date":"2025-10-10T17:25:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T15:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sohorse.eu\/?p=19279"},"modified":"2026-01-02T11:04:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T10:04:34","slug":"champion-deurope-bresilien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sohorse.eu\/en\/reportages\/2025\/10\/10\/champion-deurope-bresilien\/","title":{"rendered":"Quand le champion d\u2019Europe \u00e9tait&#8230; br\u00e9silien"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>En 1966, les projecteurs \u00e9taient braqu\u00e9s sur Lucerne pour les Championnats d\u2019Europe de saut d\u2019obstacles. Les chevaux galopaient, les spectateurs retenaient leur souffle\u2026 et un certain Nelson Pessoa, Br\u00e9silien, allait bouleverser les habitudes. Oui, le champion d\u2019Europe cette ann\u00e9e-l\u00e0 allait \u00eatre un Carioca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Le paradoxe Pessoa<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aujourd\u2019hui, l\u2019id\u00e9e qu\u2019un non-Europ\u00e9en remporte le titre supr\u00eame des championnats d\u2019Europe para\u00eet un peu farfelue. Mais dans les ann\u00e9es 60, les r\u00e8gles avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 assouplies. La FEI (F\u00e9d\u00e9ration \u00c9questre Internationale) ne se pr\u00e9occupait pas uniquement de la nationalit\u00e9 : ce qui comptait, c\u2019\u00e9tait l\u2019affiliation \u00e0 une f\u00e9d\u00e9ration europ\u00e9enne. Nelson Pessoa, r\u00e9sident en Suisse et affili\u00e9 \u00e0 un club europ\u00e9en, remplissait parfaitement cette condition et n&rsquo;allait pas tergiverser&#8230;. il d\u00e9croche le titre officiel, inscrivant son nom au palmar\u00e8s comme si de rien n\u2019\u00e9tait. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u00ab\u00a0J&rsquo;\u00e9tais arriv\u00e9 en 1961 en Europe, et en 1966 ils ont d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de faire un championnat ouvert,\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>&nbsp;confie \u00e0&nbsp;<em>So Horse<\/em>&nbsp;le sorcier br\u00e9silien.&nbsp;<em>\u00ab\u00a0\u00c0 l&rsquo;\u00e9poque, les \u00e9quipes d&rsquo;Am\u00e9rique du Sud \u00e9taient les plus fortes du monde : l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe argentine, l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe du Chili\u2026 C&rsquo;est un Chilien qui avait d&rsquo;ailleurs battu le record du monde de hauteur \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9poque. Et puis le Br\u00e9sil. Donc, ceux qui \u00e9taient, comme moi, install\u00e9s en Europe participaient au championnat de fa\u00e7on tout \u00e0 fait normale, comme \u00e0 une autre comp\u00e9tition. Jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 cette \u00e9dition de 1966. Apr\u00e8s, compte tenu du r\u00e9sultat assez \u00ab\u00a0sp\u00e9cial\u00a0\u00bb, la FEI a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de fermer le championnat d&rsquo;Europe. Ils ont alors cr\u00e9\u00e9 le championnat pan-am\u00e9ricain.\u00a0\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"490\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sohorse.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/53be382f8877f70d360a702291bcb781.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19933 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 736px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 736\/490;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Nelson Pessoa et Gran Geste, Collection priv\u00e9e)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Un podium 100 % non europ\u00e9en<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mais ce n\u2019est pas tout. En 1966, ce n\u2019est pas seulement le vainqueur qui n\u2019\u00e9tait pas europ\u00e9en : le podium complet \u00e9tait domin\u00e9 par des cavaliers venus d\u2019outre-Atlantique. Nelson Pessoa (Br\u00e9sil) s&rsquo;impose avec 6 points, Frank Chapot (\u00c9tats-Unis) est deuxi\u00e8me avec 9,5 points et Hugo Arrambide (Argentine) compl\u00e8te le podium avec 11 points. Une situation unique dans l\u2019histoire des championnats d\u2019Europe. Cette premi\u00e8re allait donc \u00eatre aussi une derni\u00e8re. Vestige d&rsquo;une \u00e9poque o\u00f9 la nationalit\u00e9 comme la logique n\u2019\u00e9tait qu\u2019un d\u00e9tail. Le sport primait sur la bureaucratie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"761\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sohorse.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/podium-1966-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19929 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sohorse.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/podium-1966-2.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sohorse.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/podium-1966-2-1140x565.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.sohorse.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/podium-1966-2-768x381.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1536px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1536\/761;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Les chevaux du podium<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nelson Pessoa a remport\u00e9 l&rsquo;\u00e9preuve avec son cheval\u00a0Gran Geste (<strong>Huipil)<\/strong>, un gris de 16 ans qu&rsquo;il avait amen\u00e9 du Br\u00e9sil. Ensemble, ils vont remporter 44 Grand Prix internationaux. En 1964, Ils s&rsquo;imposaient dans le Grand Prix d&rsquo;Aix-La-Chapelle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Frank Chapot&nbsp;montait&nbsp;<strong>San Lucas<\/strong>, un hongre alezan de 11 ans. Ce cheval a \u00e9t\u00e9 l&rsquo;un des deux montures (avec&nbsp;<em>Good Twist<\/em>) qui ont aid\u00e9 Chapot \u00e0 obtenir la deuxi\u00e8me place.&nbsp;<em>San Lucas<\/em>&nbsp;a \u00e9galement repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 les \u00c9tats-Unis lors d&rsquo;un nombre record de 43 Coupes des Nations.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hugo Arrambide<strong> <\/strong>montait&nbsp;<strong>Chimbote<\/strong>, un cheval qui l&rsquo;avait men\u00e9 \u00e0 la victoire lors du CHIO d&rsquo;Aix-la-Chapelle en 1965.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quand le saut d\u2019obstacles flirtait d\u00e9j\u00e0 avec la mondialisation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le cas de Nelson Pessoa illustre parfaitement cette p\u00e9riode : le sport \u00e9questre europ\u00e9en n\u2019\u00e9tait pas encore cloisonn\u00e9 derri\u00e8re des fronti\u00e8res strictes. Les chevaux bondissaient par-dessus les obstacles et les r\u00e8gles se laissaient un peu bousculer. Pessoa n\u2019\u00e9tait pas seulement un cavalier talentueux : il symbolisait un moment o\u00f9 le championnat d\u2019Europe pouvait \u00eatre\u2026 mondial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aujourd\u2019hui, les r\u00e8gles sont plus strictes, les licences bien d\u00e9finies, et un champion d\u2019Europe doit repr\u00e9senter un pays membre de la FEI Europe. Mais en 1966, le titre pouvait traverser l\u2019Atlantique pour \u00e9crire une page insolite de l\u2019histoire du saut d\u2019obstacles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Photo cover collection priv\u00e9e Nelson Pessoa)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En 1966, les projecteurs \u00e9taient braqu\u00e9s sur Lucerne pour les Championnats d\u2019Europe de saut d\u2019obstacles. Les chevaux galopaient, les spectateurs retenaient leur souffle\u2026 et un certain Nelson Pessoa, Br\u00e9silien, allait bouleverser les habitudes. Oui, le champion d\u2019Europe cette ann\u00e9e-l\u00e0 allait \u00eatre un Carioca. Le paradoxe Pessoa Aujourd\u2019hui, l\u2019id\u00e9e qu\u2019un non-Europ\u00e9en remporte le titre supr\u00eame des [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19934,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[689,691,692,690],"class_list":["post-19279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-reportages","tag-championnat-deurope-saut-dobstacles","tag-gran-geste","tag-lucerne-1966","tag-nelson-pessoa"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Quand le champion d\u2019Europe \u00e9tait... br\u00e9silien &#8212; So Horse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"En 1966, Nelson Pessoa, cavalier br\u00e9silien, bouleverse l&#039;histoire du saut d&#039;obstacles en devenant champion d&#039;Europe avec Gran Geste.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sohorse.eu\/en\/news\/2025\/10\/10\/champion-deurope-bresilien\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Quand le champion d\u2019Europe \u00e9tait... br\u00e9silien &#8212; 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