Karen Elizabeth Stives (November 3, 1950 – August 14, 2015) was an American
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 ...
competitor and Olympic champion.
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Olympics
Stives qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but did not compete due to the U.S. Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. She was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal
The Congressional Gold Medal is an award bestowed by the United States Congress. It is Congress's highest expression of national appreciation for distinguished achievements and contributions by individuals or institutions. The congressional pract ...
instead.Los Angeles
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, Stives anchored the United States team that received a gold medal in Team eventing, and also an individual silver medal.["1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Equestrian"]
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 28, 2008)
References
External links
Karen Stives' obituary
1950 births
2015 deaths
American female equestrians
Equestrians at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in equestrian
American event riders
Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Congressional Gold Medal recipients
21st-century American women
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