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{{Short description|French equestrian (1867–1916)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Louis de Champsavin
| birth_name = Louis Marie Joseph Le Beschu de Champsavin
| image = Louis de Champsavin 1867-1916.jpg
| caption =
| nationality = French
| birth_date = {{birth date|1867|11|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Assérac]], France
| death_date = {{death date and age|1916|12|20|1867|11|24|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Nantes]], France
| spouse = {{Marriage|Amelie Clemence|1894| |reason=}}
| relatives =
| awards = Chevalier of the [[Légion d'honneur]], Chevalier of the [[Order of Agricultural Merit]]
| allegiance = France
| rank = [[Chef d'escadron]]
| unit = 24th Dragoon Regiment;<br/>20th Cavalry Regiment
| battles = [[World War I]] ([[Battle of Verdun]])
| mawards = [[Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)|Croix de guerre 1914–1918]]
| module = {{infobox sportsperson
| embed = yes
| nationality = French
| sport = [[Equestrianism|Equestrian]]
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalBronze | [[1900 Summer Olympics|1900 Paris]] | [[Equestrian at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Jumping|Jumping event]] }}
| show-medals = yes
}}
}}
'''Louis Marie Joseph Le Beschu de Champsavin''' (24 November 1867 – 20 December 1916) was a French [[military officer]] and [[Equestrianism|horse rider]].

==Personal life==
Champsavin was born in [[Assérac]] on 24 November 1867. In 1894, he married Amelie Clemence.<ref name=mccrery>{{cite book |last1=McCrery |first1=Nigel |title=The Extinguished Flame: Olympians Killed in The Great War |date=2016 |publisher=Pen & Sword Books |isbn=9781473878006 |pages=1860–1861 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uXTCDAAAQBAJ |access-date=17 February 2022 |via=Google Books}}</ref>

Champsavin was appointed a Chevalier of the [[Légion d'honneur]] and Chevalier of the [[Order of Agricultural Merit]].<ref name=mccrery/><ref name=leonore>{{cite web |title=Champsavin Beschu |url=https://www.leonore.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/ui/notice/217628 |website=Base Léonore |publisher=Archives Nationales |location=France |language=French |access-date=17 February 2022}}</ref>

==Military career==
Champsavin began his military education at [[École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr]] in 1887. From there he went to the [[Saumur Cavalry School]]. On graduating he joined the 24th Dragoon Regiment in 1891 as [[sub-lieutenant]]. He was promoted to [[lieutenant]] in 1892.

Between 1899 and 1903, he was a riding instructor at Saint-Cyr. He was promoted to [[Captain (armed forces)|captain]] in 1903, and [[chef d'escadron]] in 1913.

During [[World War I]] Champsavin led the 20th Cavalry Regiment and came to command Fort Tavannes during the [[Battle of Verdun]]. The many gas shells that fell on the fort during this time caused his health to deteriorate, and he died in hospital in [[Nantes]] on 20 December 1916.<ref name="WWI">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War|accessdate=3 August 2015|work=Sports Reference}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)|Croix de Guerre]].<ref name=mccrery/><ref name=leonore/>

==Equestrian==
In May and June 1900, Champsavin competed in the International Horse Show in Paris. The events were part of the [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|Exposition Universelle]], and later classified as part of the [[1900 Summer Olympics]]. Aboard his horse, ''Terpsichore'', he finished third in the [[Equestrian at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping|jumping event]], and was among the rosette winners outside the leading places in the [[Equestrian at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Hacks and hunter combined|hacks and hunter event]].<ref name="Louis de Champsavin">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/louis-de-champsavin-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417200348/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/louis-de-champsavin-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Louis de Champsavin|accessdate=3 August 2015|work=Sports Reference}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/11819 |title=Louis de Champsavin |work=Olympedia |accessdate=25 December 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Olympians killed in World War I]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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