Mark Todd

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  • Born 1 March 1956 in Cambridge.
  • Gained Diploma of Agriculture at the Waikato Technical Institute.
  • In 1977 he was a member of the first New Zealand 3-day eventing team to compete in a world championship, at Lexington, Kentucky.
  • As an unknown competed and won the 1980 Badminton Horse Trials (3-day event) on Southern Comfort.
  • In 1984 at the Los Angeles Olympics won individual gold on Charisma, then won gold again at the Seoul Olympics in 1988. Charisma was then 16 years old, and was retired after the Games.
  • Married Carolyn Berry in 1986.
  • In 1992 at the Barcelona won team silver, but was unable to compete in the1996 Olympics at Atlanta because of an injury to his horse.
  • Won Badminton again in 1994 and 1996, and Burghley Open European Championship in 1997.
  • In 1999 an international poll named him three-day eventer of the century.
  • In 2000 at the Sydney Olympics he won bronze with the New Zealand team.
  • After the Sydney Olympics retired to breed horses on his farm near Cambridge.