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Quentin Voeltzel (born 12 September 1984) is a French Mounted games rider. He made his international IMGA debut for France in 1999 and has been considered one of the world's best Mounted games riders ever since. To date he has competed in 12 IMGA Open World Team Championships and 3 IMGA Open European Team Championships. In 2010 he was part of the winning team at the IMGA European Team Championships and in 2012 completed the double of World and European Team Championship titles with France. In 2014 he was appointed trainer of the French Under 12 and Under 17 teams and won the World Team Championships for the Under 17 side in his first year as a trainer. In 2014 he was also head of the organising committee for the IMGA World Team Championships held in St Denis le Ferment, France. He is the younger brother of Thomas Voeltzel and older brother of Victor Voeltzel, both of whom have also represented France in international Mounted games.

Team
Voeltzel has been a member of his hometown team, LaBonde since 1992 and has placed 3rd in the French team championships in 2001 and 2002 and then second in 2003 and 2006. The championship title has thus far eluded him however. As well as riding for LaBonde, he has also ridden for two teams in England. Sussex, under the guidance of Clive Jones from 2004 - 2009 and since 2009 for the Shropshire team trained by Malcolm Trever-Jones. In 2011 he finished 2nd with Shropshire in the British Intercounty Championships.

Pairs
Voeltzel has twice won the French pairs championship. In 2003 together with Thibault Depoix and again in 2008 together with Ghislain Deslandes.

Individuals
Voeltzel is a four time French individual champion, having won the coverted title in 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014.

Honours

 * 2003 French Open Pairs Champion (with Thibault Depoix)
 * 2008 French Open Pairs Champion (with Ghislain Deslandes)


 * 2008 French Open Individual Champion
 * 2010 French Open Individual Champion
 * 2012 French Open Individual Champion
 * 2014 French Open Individual Champion

Team France
Voeltzel made his international debut for France in 1999 at the IMGA World Team Championships in Belgium. Jacques Cavé's French team finished third that year and Voeltzel's resulting bronze medal was to be the first of many medals. He was not selected for the French team in 2000 but by 2001, with the team now being trained by Isablle Pierrard, he was back in the fold. 2001 was a disappointing year for France as they finished 2nd in the B final and 9th over all at the IMGA World Team Championships in Guelph, Canada. This was however followed with a 5th placing in 2002 and then a silver medal in Kentucky in 2003.

The 2004 IMGA World Championships were held on home soil for Voeltzel in Saumur, France and much was expected of the French team that year. France ultimately finished in a respectable 4th place but a disagreement between Voeltzel and French team trainer, Isabelle Pierrard over team tactics following the competition resulted in Voeltzel not being selected for the French national team again until 2010.

In his comeback year in 2010, Voeltzel and the French team won the IMGA European Team Championship title in Wales and came desperatly close to completing the double. At the IMGA World Team Championships in Switzerland the same year, they only missed out to Ireland by 5 points and had to settle for silver. This was then followed by a World Championship bronze and European Championshis silver in 2011.

In 2012 the elusive double finally came France and Voeltzel's way. Isabelle Pierrard's French team that year of Voeltzel together with Mathilde Hévin, Louis Stephane Ameller, Luc Julien and Julien Brun Cosmes were unstoppable and won the World title in Wales by 11 points and the European title in Italy by a massive 23 points.

As both rider and trainer of the Open French team, Voeltzel achieved a 5th place finish at the 2013 World Team Championhsips in New Zealand on borrowed ponies.

In 2014 Voeltzel, having recently been appointed trainer of the French Under 12 and UNder 17 teams, was not due to ride himself. Next to his training responsibilities, he was also acting as the head of the organising committee of the IMGA World Team Championships that year, held in St Denis le Ferment. An injury to a French pony midway through that competition however meant, that he was darafted in as the resrve rider and despite acting as rider, trainer and chief organiser, all at the same time, he still jmanaged to add another World CHampionships bronze medal to his collection.

Team Luxembourg
During Voeltzel's period of exile from the French team between 2004 and 2010 he twice appeared at the IMGA World Team Championships as a guest rider for the Luxembourg national team. The first of these appearances was in 2008 in Sydney, Australia where he helped Luxembourg qualify for their first (and to date only) World Championship A final.

He again appeared for Luxembourg the following year at the World Championships in Broadlands, England but had to cut his involvement in those championships short following the tragic passing of his father.

Pairs
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Individuals
Voeltzel is considered by many to be one of the greatest players of the sport never to have won the World Individual title. He came third in 2007 and 2011 but 2008 was the year when he came agonisingly close to securing that elusive title, ultimately finishing second to Widukind Moorman from Germany.

Honours

 * 2010 IMGA Open European Team Champion
 * 2012 IMGA Open World Team Champion
 * 2012 IMGA Open European Team Champion

Team France
In 2013, Voeltzel both rode on and trained the French team at the IMGA World Team Championships in New Zealand where they finished 5th.

Team France Under 12 and Under 17
In 2014, with Cyril Barreau now installed as the new full time French Open team trainer, Voeltzel was appointed trainer of both the Under 12 and Under 17 French national teams. In his firt year as an international trainer he led both teams to bronze medals at the IMGA European Team Championships in Belgium and followed that up with a gold medal for the Under 17 at the IMGA World Team Championships on home soil a few weeks later.

Honours

 * 2014 IMGA Under 17 World Team Champion