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Equestrian At The 1992 Summer Olympics
The equestrian events at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics included dressage, eventing, and show jumping. All three disciplines had both individual and team competitions. Medal summary Medals Officials Appointment of officials was as follows: ;Dressage * Wolfgang Niggli (Ground Jury President) * Nicholas Williams (Ground Jury Member) * Uwe Mechlem (Ground Jury Member) * Eizo Osaka (Ground Jury Member) * Eric Lette (Ground Jury Member) ;Jumping * José Alvarez de Bohorques (Ground Jury President) * William C. Steinkraus (Ground Jury Member) * Franz Pranter (Ground Jury Member) * Bo Helander (Ground Jury Member) * Nicholas Alvarez de Bohorques (Course Designer) * Noel Vanososte (Technical Delegate) ;Eventing * Patrick Conolly-Carew (Ground Jury President) * Bernd Springorum (Ground Jury Member) * Giovanni Grignolo (Ground Jury Member) * Wolfgang Feld (Course Designer) * Michael Tucker (Technical Delegate) References External links Official Olympic Report ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real Club De Polo De Barcelona
Real Club de Polo de Barcelona ( en, Barcelona Royal Polo Club) is a country club in Barcelona, Spain. Established in 1897, it had 9000 members at the time of the 1992 Summer Olympics. Normally used for polo, field hockey, tennis, squash, and swimming by its members, the club was the venue for the Olympic equestrian competition (dressage, jumping, and the eventing finals) and the riding portion of the modern pentathlon events. Trophies Men's hockey * División de Honor de Hockey: 15 **1958, 1959, 1970, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 *European Cup: 1 **2003–04 *Copa del Rey: 31 **1916, 1917, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1929, 1941, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1996, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 Women's hockey * División de Honor Femenina: 9 **1964, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 2003, 2006 *Copa de la Reina Copa or COPA may refer to: COPA COPA may refer to: * Compu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annemarie Sanders
Annemarie Sanders-Keijzer (born April 3, 1958) is an equestrian from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the Team Dressage Event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She did so alongside Tineke Bartels, Ellen Bontje Petronella Theodora Maria "Ellen" Bontje (born 11 June 1958 in Hilversum, North Holland) is an equestrian from The Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the Team Dressage Event at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. She did so alo ..., and Anky van Grunsven. In the individual competition Sanders finished in 40th position. She competed in three Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1984. References External links Dutch Olympic Committee 1958 births Living people Dutch dressage riders Olympic equestrians of the Netherlands Dutch female equestrians Olympic medalists in equestrian Equestrians at the 1984 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1988 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1992 Summer Olympics Spor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Latta
Victoria Latta (born 10 June 1951 in Auckland), known as Vicky or Vicki, is a New Zealand horsewoman who won two medals at the Olympic Games. Latta's first major international performance was 11th at the 1990 World Equestrian Games in Stockholm riding ''Chief''. At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona she was in the New Zealand team which gained the Silver medal. In the individual event Latta, riding ''Chief'', knocked down one rail in the showjumping to slip to fourth place behind fellow-New Zealander Blyth Tait. At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta Latta, riding ''Broadcast News'', was in the team which won the Bronze medal despite a serious fall during the cross-country which caused her to fail to finish the event. Biography While at school Latta won a place at the Royal Ballet School The Royal Ballet School is a British school of classical ballet training founded in 1926 by the Anglo-Irish ballerina and choreographer Ninette de Valois. The school's aim is to train and educ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Todd (equestrian)
Sir Mark James Todd (born 1 March 1956) is a New Zealand horseman noted for his accomplishments in the discipline of eventing, voted Rider of the 20th century by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports. He won gold medals at Los Angeles (1984) and Seoul (1988) Olympics, the Badminton Horse Trials on four occasions, the Burghley Horse Trials five times, and as a member of New Zealand's Eventing team, he won gold medals at the World Championships in 1990 and 1998 (Rome), plus 20 or more other international events, and numerous other international individual and team titles. In 1988, he was announced as the New Zealand Sportsperson of the year and winner of the Supreme Halberg Award. In the same year, he was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame. On 25 April 2011, Todd completed a fourth Badminton victory riding NZB Land Vision, becoming the oldest winner of the event. By winning his fifth Olympic medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Todd equalled the Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Nicholson (equestrian)
Andrew Clifton Nicholson (born 1 August 1961 in Te Awamutu) is a New Zealand horseman who has competed at six Olympic Games (though selected for seven). Born and raised in the Waikato Nicholson moved to England in the 1980s to further his equestrian career. He currently works there as a horse trainer. Nicholson's greatest success at international level has been in Three-Day Event Teams. He won a gold medal at the 1990 World Equestrian Games in Stockholm, a silver at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona and a Bronze at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Although becoming infamous for his ride on Spinning Rhombus at Barcelona. With the New Zealand team having seven rails in hand to win the Gold medal his horse knocked down nine rails, instead of withdrawing as any lesser rider would have, in a colossal display of selflessness and national pride he kept the New Zealand team intact (his withdrawal would have instantly eliminated the entire team by dropping completing member numbers below t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Hoy
Andrew is the English form of a given name common in many countries. In the 1990s, it was among the top ten most popular names given to boys in List of countries where English is an official language, English-speaking countries. "Andrew" is frequently shortened to "Andy" or "Drew". The word is derived from the el, Ἀνδρέας, ''Andreas'', itself related to grc, ἀνήρ/ἀνδρός ''aner/andros'', "man" (as opposed to "woman"), thus meaning "manly" and, as consequence, "brave", "strong", "courageous", and "warrior". In the King James Version, King James Bible, the Greek "Ἀνδρέας" is translated as Andrew. Popularity Australia In 2000, the name Andrew was the second most popular name in Australia. In 1999, it was the 19th most common name, while in 1940, it was the 31st most common name. Andrew was the first most popular name given to boys in the Northern Territory in 2003 to 2015 and continuing. In Victoria, Andrew was the first most popular name for a boy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gillian Rolton
Gillian Rolton (3 May 1956 – 18 November 2017) was an Australian Olympic equestrian champion. She competed in two Olympic Games, the 1992 Barcelona Games and 1996 Atlanta Games, winning a gold medal in team eventing both times on her horse, Peppermint Grove. At the 1996 Atlanta Games, she broke her collarbone and ribs, but remounted and completed the course. She was only one of four Australians to win multiple equestrian Olympic gold medals. Early life Gillian Rolton was born in Adelaide, South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ..., on 3 May 1956, the daughter of a builder. She had an older brother, John. She was educated at Woodlands Girls Grammar School. She participated in Swimming (sport), swimming, qualifying for the South Australian sub-junior st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Green (equestrian)
David Michael Green (born 28 February 1960 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a team gold medal in eventing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci .... References External links * 1960 births Living people Olympic equestrians of Australia Australian male equestrians Olympic gold medalists for Australia Australian event riders Sportspeople from Brisbane Olympic medalists in equestrian Equestrians at the 1988 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1992 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century Australian people {{Australia-equestrian-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blyth Tait
Robert Blyth Tait (born 10 May 1961) is a New Zealand equestrian. Tait has competed at four Olympics and has won four medals, one of only four New Zealanders to do so. Tait's first success at international level was at the 1990 World Equestrian Games in Stockholm, when he won Gold in both the individual and team events riding Messiah. At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, he won Bronze in the individual event after teammate Vicky Latta knocked down a rail in the showjumping, and Silver in the team event with Latta and Andrew Nicholson ( Mark Todd was also in the team but was not awarded a medal as he did not finish the event). At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he won Gold in the individual and Bronze in the Team event. Tait repeated his World Championships double Gold effort at Rome in 1998 riding Ready Teddy. He was flag-bearer for the New Zealand team at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but he was eliminated in both the individual and team events. Tait completed his competitive O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Blocker
Herbert may refer to: People Individuals * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert Name * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, Northern Territory, a rural locality * Herbert, South Australia. former government town * Division of Herbert, an electoral district in Queensland * Herbert River, a river in Queensland * County of Herbert, a cadastral unit in South Australia Canada * Herbert, Saskatchewan, Canada, a town * Herbert Road, St. Albert, Canada New Zealand * Herbert, New Zealand, a town * Mount Herbert (New Zealand) United States * Herbert, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Herbert, Michigan, a former settlement * Herbert Creek, a stream in South Dakota * Herbert Island, Alaska Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Herbert (Disney character) * Herbert Pocket (''Great Expectations'' character), Pip's close friend and roommate in the Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Ryan (equestrian)
Matthew Morgan "Matt" Ryan, OAM (born 3 June 1964 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Olympic-level equestrian rider. He is a triple Olympic gold medalist who competed for Australia. Matt has three older brothers, including the internationally successful eventer and dressage rider, Heath Ryan. In 1984. he travelled to Britain to train with the great Richard Meade, before returning home the following year, and then went back to the UK in 1989 to set up a stable. He has won three Olympic gold medals, two at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and one at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Additionally, he finished 8th at the 1992 Badminton Horse Trials, was selected for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics (but had to withdraw a few days before competition due to horse injury), and was the reserve rider for the 2004 Athens Olympics. His two gold medal-winning horses, Kibah Tic Toc and Sandstone, were bred by Bridget Hyem, Australia's first female Olympic equestrian competitor. A few of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Poulin
Michael Brian Poulin (born June 10, 1945) is an American equestrian. He was born in Newport, Rhode Island. He won a bronze medal in team dressage at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, together with Robert Dover, Carol Lavell and Charlotte Bredahl Charlotte Bredahl (born 21 April 1957) is an American equestrian. She was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. She won a bronze medal in team dressage at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeast .... References External links * 1945 births Living people Sportspeople from Newport, Rhode Island American male equestrians American dressage riders Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in equestrian Equestrians at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics {{US-equestrian-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
