Mark Armstrong (born 23 June 1961) is a British international
show jumper
Show jumping is a part of a group of English riding equestrian events that also includes dressage, eventing, hunters, and equitation. Jumping classes are commonly seen at horse shows throughout the world, including the Olympics. Sometimes shows ...
.
Armstrong gained a silver medal at the 1993
European Championships
The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...
, and came second in the H&H Foxhunter category in the following year's British
Horse of the Year Show
The Horse of the Year Show - also known as HOYS (pronounced /hois/)- was founded to be a culmination of the British equestrian events year. The Show was the idea of Captain Tony Collings and was realised by the then Chairman of BSJA (now British ...
. He competed in the 2002
World Championships
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
in Leipzig and has been a member of the British team at 33 different events since 1987. He was a member of the four-person British team which finished third at the
2010 FEI Nations Cup of France, riding Thesaura.
References
*Mark Armstrong Show Jumping official website:
www.markarmstrongshowjumping.com
*Mark Armstrong Show Jumping official Facebook page
www.facebook.com/markarmstrongshowjumping/
1961 births
Living people
English male equestrians
British show jumping riders
Place of birth missing (living people)
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