Daniel William Meech (born 19 November 1973) is a New Zealand equestrian. Meech was born in

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in 1973. He received his education at Lindisfarne College and at Hastings Boys' High School. Aged 20, he relocated to Germany for an apprenticeship with German showjumper

Paul Schockemöhle Paul Schockemöhle (born 22 March 1945) is a German former showjumper. He was a successful international show jumping equestrian in the 1970s and 1980s at individual and team events in Olympic Games, World Championships and Eu ...

. Meech competed in individual jumping at the

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, and is New Zealand Olympian number 730. He competed in individual and team jumping at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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, In Athens, he was third going into the final round and would have won gold by dropping one bar, but he dropped three bars and came in 12th place. Meech was nominated for the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, but his horse Sorbas was injured and he was replaced by

Kirk Webby Kirk Webby (born 30 September 1970) is a New Zealand equestrian. He competed in show jumping at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the Capital cit ...

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* * 1973 births Living people New Zealand male equestrians Olympic equestrians for New Zealand Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics People educated at Lindisfarne College, New Zealand People educated at Hastings Boys' High School Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{NewZealand-equestrian-bio-stub