- Andrew Nicholson
"For the New Zealand ice speed skater with the same name seeAndrew Nicholson (speed skater) "Andrew Nicholson (born
1 August ,1961 inTe Awamutu ) is aNew Zealand horseman who was selected for sixOlympic Games .Nicholson's greatest success at international level has been in Three-Day Event Teams. He won a gold medal at the 1990
World Equestrian Games inStockholm , a silver at the 1992 Olympics inBarcelona and a Bronze at the 1996 Olympics inAtlanta . He is infamous for his ride on "Spinning Rhombus" at Barcelona. With the New Zealand team having nine rails in hand to win the Gold medal his horse knocked down nine rails to drop New Zealand to second behind arch-rivalsAustralia .Full Olympic record:
*1984: Individual 28th on "Kahlua"; Team 6th
*1992: Individaul 16th on "Spinning Rhombus"; Team Silver
*1996: Individual retired on "Buckley Province"; Team (on "Jagermeister II") Bronze
*2000: Selected but did not compete as horses were not fit
*2004: Individual 61st; Team 5thOn
17 June ,2008 it was announced that Nicholson had been selected to compete at the 2008 Olympic Games. He and Mark Todd, whose selection was announced at the same time, will be the first New Zealanders to compete at six Olympic Games.Nicholson's best individual results have been at
Burghley which he has won twice; on "Buckley Province" in 1995 and on "Mr Smiffy" in 2000.Biography
Born and raised in the
Waikato Nicholson moved toEngland in the 1980s to further his equestrian career. He currently works there as a horse trainer.Reference
* [http://www.olympic.org.nz/Athletes/AthleteProfile.aspx?Print=&ContactID=510&id=3774 Biography at New Zealand Olympic Committee website]
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