James Paterson-Robinson (born 29 September 1978) is an Australian

equestrian The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse". Horseback riding (or Riding in British English) Examples of this are: *Equestrian sports *Equestrian order, one of the upper classes in ...

. He was selected to represent

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at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in equestrian jumping.

Personal

Paterson-Robinson was born on 29 September 1978 in Melbourne, Victoria. He grew up in Geelong. He attended high school at

Geelong College , motto_translation = Thus one goes to the stars , established = , type = Independent, co-educational, day and boarding, Christian school , denomination = in association with the Uniting ...

before going to Marcus Oldham College for a course in Horse Business Management. In 2000, he moved to Europe. , he lives in Swolgen, Netherlands. , Paterson-Robinson is tall and weighs .

Equestrian

Paterson-Robinson is an equestrian jumping competitor. , he has been a member of Australia's national equestrian team for nine years. He has been coached by Ger Poels since 2008. His primary training base is located in Swolgen, Netherlands jumping. He is a member of the Rijd Met Belied Riding Club in Meerlo, Netherlands. Before that, he was a member of the Barwon Heads Pony Club. Paterson-Robinson finished 1st at the 2012 Bourg-en-Bresse CSI4 Grand Prix held in Bourg-en-Bresse, France. He finished 4th at the 2012 Linz-Ebelsberg CSIO4 Grand Prix Table A held in Linz-Ebelsberg, Austria. He finished 12th at the 2012 Lummen CSIO4 Nations Cup held in Lummen, Belgium. He finished 9th at the 2012 Lummen CSI3 Grand Prix Table A held in Lummen, Belgium. He finished 48th at the CSI four-star at L'Et du Grand Parquet in the 1.50m class after he had eight faults in the competition. Paterson-Robinson attempted to qualify for the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

but had problems during qualification due to an injury to his horse. He has been selected to represent

at the

in equestrian. He will be riding Lanosso at his first Olympics. He finished in 41st place in the individual event.

References

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