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{{Infobox equestrian
| name = Vaillancourt, Michel
| image = Michel Vaillancourt 1977 Paraguay stamp.JPG
| imagesize =
| fullname = Michel Vaillancourt
| nationality = {{CAN}}
| discipline = Show jumping
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1954|7|26}}
| birth_place = Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Quebec, Canada
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight = {{convert|148|lb|kg stlb|abbr=on}}
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates ={{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}{{MedalOlympics}}{{MedalSilver | 1976 Montreal | Jumping, individual}}{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}{{MedalBronze|1975 Mexico City|Jumping, team}}{{MedalSilver|1979 San Juan|Jumping, team}}
}}Michel Vaillancourt (born July 26, 1954) is a Canadian show jumper who won an individual silver medal at the 1976 Olympics. He tied for second place with Debbie Johnsey and François Mathy, but won the silver in a jump-off. Vaillancourt finished in fifth place with the Canadian team.Vaillancourt started training in horse riding aged 12, encouraged by his father, an equestrian coach who died in a horse riding accident in 1971. At his first international competition, Vaillancourt won a team bronze medal at the 1975 Pan American Games. He won a silver team medal at the next Games in 1979. Vaillancourt missed the 1980 Olympics in Moscow that were boycotted by Canada, and competed at the Alternate Olympics, winning a team gold medal. After retiring from competitions he worked as a course designer and coach, supervising the Canadian equestrian team at the 1994 and 1998 Olympics. He was inducted into the Jump Canada Hall of Fame in 2009. References{{DEFAULTSORT:Vaillancourt, Michel}}{{Canada-Olympic-medalist-stub}}{{equestrian-bio-stub}} 15 : 1954 births|Canadian male equestrians|Equestrians at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Living people|Olympic equestrians of Canada|Olympic silver medalists for Canada|Sportspeople from Quebec|Canadian show jumping riders|Olympic medalists in equestrian|Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada|Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada|Pan American Games medalists in equestrian|Competitors at the 1975 Pan American Games|Competitors at the 1979 Pan American Games |