Shane Rose (born 24 April 1973 in Sydney) is a three-time Olympic medallst. He started riding at the age of five at the Forest Hills Pony Club. Rose lived with his parents and three siblings in Duffys Forest, New South Wales. He was educated at

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Preparatory School, Lindfield (1978–83), and Pittwater House. Rose's love for horses continued to grow, and at 21 years of age he represented Australia in the Young Rider Trans-Tasman competition with Mr Joe Cool. As a 23 year old he was selected to represent Australia in

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at the 1996

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. However, his horse went lame upon arrival in the US preventing him from competing. The Australian team went on to win gold. Since then he has competed at many prestigious competitions around the world, including success at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where Rose and his horse All Luck were part of the team the Silver Medal for

. He also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics where he won a team bronze and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics where he won team silver. He competed in the individual eventing and team eventing at the

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. The team of

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on Vassily de Lassos, Shane Rose on Virgil and

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on Don Quidam won silver. Riding on Virgil Rose finished inside the top 15 in the individual eventing competition. He was once kicked in the head by a horse which left him in a coma for a week.

Horses

* Beauford Miss Dior – 1986 Bay Mare ** 2004 Adelaide CCI**** Winner * All Luck – 1994 Bay Thoroughbred Gelding ** 2008 Beijing Olympics – Team Silver Medal, Individual 27th place * Taurus – 2002 Bay Warmblood Gelding (Aries) ** 2014 World Equestrian Games – Team Fourth place, Individual 34th place * CP Qualified – 2003 Gray Holsteiner Gelding (Quite Capitol x Corofino I) ** 2015 Adelaide CCI**** Winner ** 2016 Rio Olympics – Team Bronze Medal

References

External links

Australian Olympic Committee profile

1973 births Living people Australian event riders Equestrians at the 2008 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2016 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians of Australia Australian male equestrians Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in equestrian People educated at Newington College Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Australia 21st-century Australian people {{Australia-equestrian-bio-stub