Who won showjumping London 2012?
Nick Skelton
Medalists
| Games | Gold | Silver |
|---|---|---|
| Team jumping | Great Britain (GBR) Scott Brash on Hello Sanctos Peter Charles on Vindicat Ben Maher on Tripple X Nick Skelton on Big Star | Netherlands (NED) Marc Houtzager on Tamino Gerco Schröder on London Maikel van der Vleuten on Verdi Jur Vrieling on Bubalu |
Who took the gold in equestrian?
Sweden won the gold, narrowly beating the Americans on time after all six athlete and horse combinations had clear rounds. Happily, the U.S. team took silver. “We’re over the moon about the whole thing,” said Robert Ridland, the U.S. show jumping chef d’equipe.
Is equestrian an Olympic sport?
No
Equestrian/Current Olympic sport?
Do the horses get a medal?
The horse gets the medal as much as the rider. In fact some horses seem to think it has nothing to do with the rider. , Riding and showing Hunter/Jumpers for over 14 years.
Who won the 2012 Olympic eventing?
The team eventing in equestrian at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held at Greenwich Park from 28 to 31 July. The German team of Peter Thomsen, Dirk Schrade, Ingrid Klimke, Sandra Auffarth and Michael Jung won the gold medal. Great Britain won the silver medal and New Zealand took bronze.
Was Princess Anne an Olympian?
Princess Anne The Princess Royal was the first British royal to compete in the Olympics. In the 1976 Montreal Olympics, she rode Goodwill, her mom’s horse, in the three-day equestrian event. Anne is now president of the British Olympic Association and a member of the International Olympic Committee.
Is dressage cruel to horses?
Is dressage cruel to horses? Dressage done well is not cruel to horses. The point of dressage is to demonstrate harmony and trust between horse and rider, which is achieved using correct, gentle training.
Do Olympic horses get ribbons?
Winning Olympic horses get ribbons, not medals – The Washington Post. Team USA’s Phillip Dutton took home the bronze medal in individual eventing earlier on Tuesday, so what does his horse Mighty Nice get? It’s traditional for winning horses to earn brightly colored ribbons.
Do Olympic riders use their own horse?
But what that also means is that in show jumping—unlike in the other Olympic equestrian sports—riders don’t get to bring their own horses. They are randomly assigned a horse from the horse pool. And if the horse doesn’t feel like jumping? Then that horse isn’t going to freakin’ jump.