Exclusive
video interview with Mark Todd on his come back
trail
 Double
individual Olympic Gold Medallist Mark Todd announced
the end to his retirement in January of this year,
in a bid to qualify for the Hong Kong Olympics.
All Mark needed was a horse and
he was set to go. Mark however knows that life
is not that simple. Not only did he need a horse
suitable to ride at the highest level, but with
his retirement running to eight years, he also
needed to qualify again as a rider.
Starting his quest in his native
New Zealand, Mark has now returned to his home
of more than 20 years, Great Britain. A country
which has been able to enjoy watching a man that
was not only described as the most successful
event rider of all time, but described by many
as one of the most successful athletes of all
time.
Taking a step closer By winning
the CIC*** at Puhinui in New Zealand in March,
Mark travels to Osberton in Nottinghamshire, and
then on to Saumur in France, where his needs to
complete a CCI*** and hopefully, selection to
once again represent his country in the Olympic
Games.
Mark
Todd Facts
Three times
winner of Badminton (1980, 1994, 1996)
Five times
winner of Burghley (1987, 90, 91, 97 and 99)
Mark Todd
is one of only two riders to take Burghley 1st
and 2nd in the same year (the other being fellow
countryman Blyth Tait)
Two Olympic
individual Medals (Charisma 1984 Los Angeles and
1988 Seoul)
Three Olympic
team medals (1984 LA, 1992 Barcelona and 2000
Sydney)
Only the
second repeat Olympic three day eventing champions
(Charisma).
Mark was
also an accomplished show jumper, competing in
the Olympic show jumping in 1988 and 1992.
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