Sam Griffiths is an Australian
Eventing
Eventing (also known as three day eventing or horse trials) is an equestrian event where a single horse and rider combine and compete against other competitors across the three disciplines of dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. This ...
rider from
Pearcedale in Victoria. 2017 saw him as the Ambassador to the Mitsubishi Motors Adelaide International Horse Trials. 4th individually at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and part of the Bronze medal winning team. He won the 2014 Mitsubishi Motors
Badminton Horse Trials
The Badminton Horse Trials is a five-day event, one of only six annual Concours Complet International (CCI) Five Star events as classified by the Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI). It takes place in April or May each year in the p ...
riding Paulank Brockagh who he later went on to ride in the
FEI World Equestrian Games
The FEI World Equestrian Games are the major international championships for equestrianism, and are administered by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI). The games have been held every four years, halfway between sets of consecutive S ...
. Winner of the 2014 Event Rider of the Year L'Année Hippique Awards. At the
2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the
Individual and
Team eventing, but fell during the cross-country event and did not finish. He was originally selected as the second reserve rider, but entered the team when two other Australian horses were unable to compete.
Now based in the UK competing himself and training other riders.
CCI5* Results
Notable Horses
* Private Colin- 1994 Bay Gelding
** 2003 Asian Pacific Championships - Team Gold Medal, Individual Silver Medal
* In The Groove - 1989 Bay Irish Sport Horse Gelding
** 2003 FEI World Cup Final - 19th Place
* Noble Opposition - 1997 Bay Gelding
** 2004 FEI Eventing Young Horse World Championships - 17th Place
* Motion Bound - 2001 Brown Gelding (Farrington Spondulicks x Horace)
** 2008 FEI Eventing Young Horse World Championships - 16th Place
* Happy Times - 1999 Bay Oldenburg Gelding (Heraldik XX x Maraschino)
** 2012 London Olympic Games - Team Sixth Place
* Paulank Brockagh - 2003 Bay Irish Sport Horse Mare (Touchdown x Trigerrero)
** 2014 Badminton CCI**** Winner
** 2014 World Equestrian Games - Team Fourth Place, Individual 16th Place
** 2016 Rio Olympics - Team Bronze Medal, Individual Fourth Place
References
External links
London 2012 profileAustralian Olympic team profile
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Australian male equestrians
1972 births
Living people
Olympic equestrians for Australia
Equestrians at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Equestrians at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
Olympic medalists in equestrian
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
People from Mornington Peninsula
Sportspeople from Melbourne