Sir Mark Todd is a New Zealand equestrian who competes in eventing. He won individual Olympic gold in 1984 and 1988, four Badminton Horse Trials and five Burghley Horse Trials, and World Championship gold in 1990 and 1998. He was voted Rider of the 20th Century by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports and was the first New Zealander to compete at seven Olympic Games, holding the record for second most Olympic medals by a New Zealander with five across 1984 to 2012.
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Career HighlightWon individual eventing gold at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics and was voted Rider of the 20th Century by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports. 1 Classification
Competition Category FAQs
Which horse did Mark Todd ride to his Olympic gold medals?
Charisma, in both 1984 and 1988.
Mark Todd rode Charisma to both of his Olympic individual eventing titles, in 1984 and again in 1988. Olympedia records that in 1988, riding Charisma as he had in 1984, he became the first rider to defend the Olympic three-day eventing title.
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Sir Mark James Todd (born 1 March 1956) is a New Zealand horseman noted for his accomplishments in the discipline of eventing.
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Sir Mark James Todd (born 1 March 1956) is a New Zealand horseman noted for his accomplishments in the discipline of eventing.
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Sir Mark James Todd (born 1 March 1956) is a New Zealand horseman noted for his accomplishments in the discipline of eventing.
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He won gold medals at the Los Angeles (1984) and Seoul (1988) Olympics, the Badminton Horse Trials on four occasions, and the Burghley Horse Trials five times.
Competed In: 2012 Summer Olympics, Introduction
By winning his fifth Olympic medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Todd equalled the Olympic record established by Hungarian fencer Aladár Gerevich for the longest gap between first and last Olympic medals - 28 years - and shares the record for second-most Olympic medals won by a New Zealander with canoeists Ian Ferguson and Paul MacDonald.
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is a New Zealand horseman noted for his accomplishments in the discipline of eventing.
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