Ian Millar is a Canadian show jumper born January 6, 1947, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, known as Captain Canada. He competed in a record ten Olympic Games between 1972 and 2012, missing only the 1980 Games to the Soviet boycott, and won an Olympic team silver medal in 2008 at age 61. He won two Show Jumping World Cups and twelve Canadian Show Jumping Championships, and partnered with the horse Big Ben to capture more than forty Grand Prix titles worldwide.
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Career HighlightTwo-time Show Jumping World Cup winner and Olympic silver medalist who holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by any athlete in any sport, with ten Games. 1 Classification
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Why did Ian Millar miss the 1980 Olympics?
He missed 1980 because of the US-led boycott against the Soviet Union.
Ian Millar missed the 1980 Olympic Games because of the US-led boycott against the Soviet Union. His first Games was in 1972 and his tenth was London in 2012, and the 1980 Games was the only one he missed in that span. His tenth appearance broke the record that Hubert Raudaschl had set.
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Ian Millar CM (born January 6, 1947) is a Canadian Equestrian Team athlete for show jumping.
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Ian Millar CM (born January 6, 1947) is a Canadian Equestrian Team athlete for show jumping.
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Ian Millar CM (born January 6, 1947) is a Canadian Equestrian Team athlete for show jumping.
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Ian Millar CM (born January 6, 1947) is a Canadian Equestrian Team athlete for show jumping.
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He holds the record for most Olympic appearances by any athlete in any sport (10), shared with Georgian shooter Nino Salukvadze.
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Ian Millar CM (born January 6, 1947) is a Canadian Equestrian Team athlete for show jumping.
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Ian Millar CM (born January 6, 1947) is a Canadian Equestrian Team athlete for show jumping.
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A member of Canada's 2012 Olympic Games team, he broke the record when he took part in his tenth Games in London 2012.
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