Olympic Gold Medalists for New Zealand - Danyon Loader, John Walker, Mark Todd, Peter Snell, Valerie VILI, Ian Ferguson, Russell Coutts (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 148. Not illustrated. Chapters: Danyon Loader, John Walker, Mark Todd, Peter Snell, Valerie Vili, Ian Ferguson, Russell Coutts, Jack Lovelock, Sarah Ulmer, Murray Halberg, Yvette Williams, Paul Macdonald, Chris Timms, Georgina Earl, Rob Waddell, Tom Ashley, Caroline Meyer, Hamish Carter, Blyth Tait, Ted Morgan, Barbara Kendall, Alan Thompson, Norman Read, Grant Bramwell, Arthur Borren, Selwyn Maister, Bruce Kendall, Arthur Parkin, Simon Dickie, John Christensen, Alan Mcintyre, Greg Dayman, Trevor Coker, Dudley Storey, Tony Hurt, Athol Earl, Lindsay Wilson, Ross Collinge, Barry Maister, John Hunter, Les Wilson, Alan Chesney, Wybo Veldman, Gary Robertson, Peter Mander, Keith Trask, Conrad Robertson, Dick Joyce, Helmer Pedersen, Neil Mcleod, Shane O'brien, Warren Cole, Jack Cropp, Earle Wells, Les O'connell. Excerpt: Mark James Todd, CBE (born 1 March 1956) is a champion New Zealand horseman, voted Rider of the 20th Century by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports, (Federation Equestre Internationale ). He won gold medals at Los Angeles (1984) and Seoul (1988) Olympics, the prestigious Badminton Horse Trials on three occasions, the Burghley Horse Trials five times, and as a member of New Zealands Eventing "Dream Team" he won gold medals at the World Championships in 1990 and 1998 (Rome), the European Championships in 1997, plus 20 or more other international events, and numerous other international individual and team titles. In New Zealand he has been honoured with the 1998 Supreme Halberg Award as New Zealand Sportsperson of the year and inducted into The New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame . Todd and fellow equestrian Andrew Nicholson, are the first New Zealanders to have competed at six Olympic Games. Born in Cambridge New Zealand, with a deep and abiding passion for horses (Todd, 1998.p1) Mark rode at Pony Club as a yo...