Antonius "Toon" Ebben (22 December 1930 – 4 February 2011) was a Dutch equestrian. After acting as a groom for

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Ernest van Loon Ernest van Loon (2 February 1921 – 26 June 2009) was a Dutch equestrian. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), o ...

at the

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, Ebben began competing himself, riding ''Kairouan'' in the 1950s–60s and later ''Jumbo Design'' (born 1969). At the

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he finished 25th and 12th in the individual and team mixed jumping events, respectively. The following year he won a bronze and a gold European medal in these events. In 1978 Ebeen earned a silver medal in the team jumping, on ''Jumbo Design'', and was named a Knight of the

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. Ebben retired in 1986. He died in 2011 after a long illness. Since 2012, a jumping competition known as the ''Anton Ebben Memorial'' has been held in Amsterdam.

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