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Equestrian At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Team Eventing
The team eventing in equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held at National Equestrian Center from 6 to 9 August. The French team of Karim Laghouag, Thibaut Vallette, Mathieu Lemoine and Astier Nicolas won the gold medal. Germany won the silver medal and Australia took bronze. Competition format The team and individual eventing competitions used the same scores. Eventing consisted of a dressage test, a cross-country test, and a jumping test. The jumping test had two rounds, with only the first used for the team competition. Team eventing final scores were the sum of the three best overall individual scores (adding the three components) from the four-pair teams. Schedule Times are Brasília time Time in Brazil is calculated using standard time, and the country (including its offshore islands) is divided into four standard time zones: UTC−02:00, UTC−03:00, UTC−04:00 and UTC−05:00. Time zones Fernando de Noronha time (UTC−0 ..., BR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Equestrian Center
The National Equestrian Center, known as the Olympic Equestrian Centre during the 2016 Summer Olympics, is an equestrian venue located at the Deodoro Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The venue hosted the equestrian events for the 2016 Summer Olympics, and the equestrian events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum .... Footnotes ReferencesRio2016.org.br bid package.Volume 2. p. 18. Sports venues in Rio de Janeiro (city) Venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrian venues Deodoro Olympic Park {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August. Rio de Janeiro was announced as the host city at the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 2 October 2009. 11,238 athletes from 207 nations took part in the 2016 Games, including first-time entrants Kosovo at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Kosovo, South Sudan at the 2016 Summer Olympics, South Sudan, and the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Refugee Olympic Team. With 306 sets of medals, the Games featured 28 Olympic sports, including rugby sevens and golf, which were added to the Olympic program in 2009. These sporting events took place at 33 venues in the host city and at five separate venues in the Brazilian cities of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Kyle (equestrian)
Mark Kyle (born 5 June 1973) is an Irish Olympic eventing rider. Representing Ireland, he competed at three Summer Olympics (in 2004, 2012 and 2016). He placed 5th in team eventing in 2012. Meanwhile, his current best individual Olympic placement is 21st place from the same Games. Kyle also competed at two editions World Equestrian Games (in 1998 and 2010) and four editions of European Eventing Championships (in 1997, 2003, 2005 and 2011). He is a three-time European youth level team bronze Medallist in equestrian evening. As of 2016, Kyle's best individual championship result is 17th place from the 2003 European Championships in Punchestown, Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea .... Four-star results References 1973 births Living people Irish male equ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clare Abbott (equestrian)
Clare Abbott (born 28 July 1986) is an Irish eventing rider. Representing Ireland, she competed at the 2014 World Equestrian Games and at the 2013 European Eventing Championships. Her current best championship result is 29th place in individual eventing from the 2013 Europeans held in Malmö, Sweden. Abbott has been selected to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro with her Irish Sport Horse The Irish Sport Horse, or Irish Hunter, is an Irish breed of warmblood sporting horse, used mostly for dressage, eventing and show-jumping. It was bred from 1923 by cross-breeding of Irish Draught and Thoroughbred stock. There was some limited ... Euro Prince. CCI 5* Results International Championship Results References External links * * * Living people 1986 births Irish female equestrians Equestrians at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for Ireland 21st-century Irish women {{Ireland-equestrian-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padraig McCarthy
Padraig McCarthy (born 18 July 1977) is an Irish Olympic eventing rider. Representing Ireland, he competed at the 2015 European Eventing Championships at Blair Castle where he placed 9th in team eventing. McCarthy was selected to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b .... He did not complete the individual event as he was eliminated after a fall during the cross-country stage. Irish team finished in 9th place in the team competition. CCI5* Results References Living people 1977 births Irish male equestrians Equestrians at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for Ireland 20th-century Irish people 21st-century Irish people Equestrians from County Tipperary {{Ireland-equestrian-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonty Evans
Jonty Evans (born 4 October 1971) is an Irish eventing rider. Personal life Evans grew up near Trefriw, in the Conwy valley in North Wales. He is married with two children and lived near Cheltenham in the Cotswolds, where he had a yard. He now lives near Broadway in Worcestershire. Eventing career Evans has been competing internationally in eventing for more than twenty years. Although brought up in Wales, Evans represents Ireland, thanks to his grandfather having been born in Northern Ireland, allowing him to hold an Irish passport. Evans competed at the 2005 European Eventing Championships where he was placed 7th in team eventing and 40th in individual eventing competition. In 2015, he helped lead the Irish team to the nation's first-ever Irish FEI Eventing Nations' Cup victory in the Boekelo Nations' Cup. Evans was selected to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro with his Irish Sport Horse Cooley Rorkes Drift. This was Evans first time to make the Olympic t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemma Tattersall
Gemma Tattersall (born 12 March 1985) is a British Olympic eventing rider. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where she finished 41st in the individual and 5th in the team competition. Tattersall also participated at the 2015 European Eventing Championships, finishing 9th in the individual event. Gemma has previously been part of the junior and young rider European Championship squads. She was reserve for Great Britain at the World Equestrian Games with and Arctic Soul in 2014. Tattersall was listed in the Spear's 500 in the Equine Category. Tattersall was one of 130 athletes selected as part of the Ambition programme to attend the London Olympics in order to prepare those with potential to represent Britain at a future Games. CCI 5* performance She won the only CCI 5* event hosted in 2021, the Bicton Arena International 5*, on Chilli Knight. She finished less than a point in front of second place Pippa Funnell Philippa Rachel "Pippa" Funnell MBE (n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitty King (equestrian)
Kitty King (born 10 August 1982) is a British Olympic eventing rider. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where she finished 30th in the individual and 5th in the team competition. King also participated at three European Eventing Championships (in 2005, 2015 and 2021). Her best results came at the 2015 Europeans held at Blair Castle Blair Castle (in Scottish Gaelic: Caisteil Bhlàir) stands in its grounds near the village of Blair Atholl in Perthshire in Scotland. It is the ancestral home of the Clan Murray, and was historically the seat of their chief, the Duke of Atholl, ..., when she won a silver medal in the team competition and finished 4th individually. She was the highest placed of the Brits. King is the first British rider to win continental championship medals at all levels: Ponies, Juniors, Young Riders and now Seniors.9 Things We Learned at the Blair European Championships http://eventingnation.com/9-things-we-learned-at-the-blair-europea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pippa Funnell
Philippa Rachel "Pippa" Funnell MBE (née Nolan, 7 October 1968) is an equestrian sportswoman who competes in eventing. In 2003, she became the first person to win the Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing (consecutive wins at Rolex Kentucky, Badminton and Burghley). She also won Badminton in 2002 and 2005. At the European Championships, she has won two Individual golds (1999–2001) and three team golds (1999–2003). She is a three-time Olympic medallist, winning team silver in 2000 and 2004, and an individual bronze in 2004. She also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Early and personal life Pippa Funnell was born in Crowborough, East Sussex on 7 October 1968 to Jenny and George Nolan. She grew up in Mark Cross and went to the Mark Cross CE primary school. She attended the independent boarding school Wadhurst College on Mayfield Lane in Wadhurst. Aged 16, she persuaded her parents to allow her to leave school, after which she based herself with Ruth McMullin. Funnell married ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Fox-Pitt
William Speed Lane Fox-Pitt (born 2 January 1969) is an English equestrian who competes in eventing. His career highlights include winning three Olympic medals in the team event, with silver in 2004 and 2012, and bronze in 2008. At the World Equestrian Games, he won team gold and individual silver in 2010, and team silver and individual bronze in 2014. He also won World team medals in 2002 and 2006. At the European Championships, he has won six team gold medals, as well as Individual silver in 1997 and 2005, and Individual bronze in 2013. He is the recordman CCI*****'s winner with 14 grand slam titles. In 2011, he became the first rider to win five different five-star events, having won the Burghley Horse Trials a record six times (1994, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2011), Rolex Kentucky three times (2010, 2012, 2014), Stars of Pau twice (2011, 2013), the Badminton Horse Trials twice (2004, 2015), and the Luhmühlen Horse Trials once (2008). A serious fall in 2015 left him in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brasília Time
Time in Brazil is calculated using standard time, and the country (including its offshore islands) is divided into four standard time zones: UTC−02:00, UTC−03:00, UTC−04:00 and UTC−05:00. Time zones Fernando de Noronha time (UTC−02:00) This is the standard time zone only on a few small offshore Atlantic islands. The only such island with a permanent population is Fernando de Noronha, with 3,140 inhabitants (2021 estimate), 0.0015% of Brazil's population.Population estimates , 2021. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia At The 2016 Summer Olympics
Australia competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Australia is one of only five countries to have sent athletes to every Summer Olympics of the modern era, alongside Great Britain, France, Greece, and Switzerland. At the end of these Olympics, Australia was ranked in tenth position on the medal table with a total of 29 medals (8 gold, 11 silver, and 10 bronze). This was Australia's lowest medal tally and lowest rank since the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona where Australia also ranked tenth but only won 27 medals. Medallists The following Australian competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medallists' names are bolded. , style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;", , style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;", * – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final relay. Competitors Kitty Chiller, who competed as a modern pentathlete at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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