Matthew Ryan (equestrian)

Matthew Ryan (equestrian)
Medal record

Matthew Ryan
Equestrian
Competitor for  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold 1992 Barcelona Three-day team
Gold 1992 Barcelona Three-day individual
Gold 2000 Sydney Three-day team

Matthew "Matt" Morgan Ryan (born 3 June 1964 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Olympic-level equestrian rider. He is a triple olympic gold medalist who competed for Australia. Matt has three older brothers, including the internationally-successful eventer and dressage rider, Heath Ryan. In 1984. he travelled to Britain to train with the great Richard Meade, before returning home the following year, and then went back to the UK in 1989 to set up a stable.

He has won three Olympic gold medals, two at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and one at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Additionally, he finished 8th at the 1992 Badminton Horse Trials, was selected for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics (but had to withdraw a few days before competition due to horse injury), and was the reserve rider for the 2004 Athens Olympics. Matt has a daughter called Millie and a dog called wombat, he is currently going through a divorce with Marie Ryan. A few of his other major badminton horse trials results are: 2nd 1995 Kibah Tic Toc, 4th 2007 Bonza Katoomba, 8th 2008 Bonza Puzzle. One of his up and coming young horses is Bonza Kingscanyon who is being campaigned at novice level. Matt has his sights set on the London 2012 olympics; could Kingscanyon be the horse?!

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v · d · eOlympic Equestrian Champions in Individual Eventing

1912: Axel Nordlander (SWE) • 1920: Helmer Mörner (SWE) • 1924: Adolph van der Voort van Zijp (NED) • 1928 – 1932: Charles Pahud de Mortanges (NED) • 1936: Ludwig Stubbendorf (GER) • 1948: Bernard Chevallier (FRA) • 1952: Hans von Blixen-Finecke, Jr. (SWE) • 1956: Petrus Kastenman (SWE) • 1960: Lawrence Morgan (AUS) • 1964: Mauro Checcoli (ITA) • 1968: Jean-Jacques Guyon (FRA) • 1972: Richard Meade (GBR) • 1976: Edmund Coffin (USA) • 1980: Federico Euro Roman (ITA) • 1984 – 1988: Mark Todd (NZL) • 1992: Matthew Ryan (AUS) • 1996: Blyth Tait (NZL) • 2000: David O'Connor (USA) • 2004: Leslie Law (GBR) • 2008: Hinrich Romeike (GER)
v · d · eOlympic Equestrian Champions in Team Eventing

1912: Sweden (Nordlander, Adlercreutz, Casparsson, Horn af Åminne) • 1920: Sweden (Mörner, Lundström, von Braun, Dyrsch) • 1924: Netherlands (van der Voort van Zijp, de Mortanges, de Kruijff, Colenbrander) • 1928: Netherlands (de Mortanges, de Kruijff, van der Voort van Zijp) • 1932: United States (Thomson, Chamberlin, Argo) • 1936: Germany (Stubbendorf, Lippert, von Wangenheim) • 1948: United States (Henry, Anderson, Thomson) • 1952: Sweden (von Blixen-Finecke, Stahre, Frölén) • 1956: Great Britain (Weldon, Rook, Hill) • 1960: Australia (Morgan, Lavis, Roycroft) • 1964: Italy (Checcoli, Angioni, Ravano) • 1968: Great Britain (Allhusen, Meade, Jones) • 1972: Great Britain (Meade, Gordon-Watson, Parker, Phillips) • 1976: United States (Coffin, Plumb, Davidson, Tauskey) • 1980: Soviet Union (Blinov, Salnikov, Volkov, Rogozhin) • 1984: United States (Plumb, Stives, Fleischmann, Davidson) • 1988: West Germany (Erhorn, Baumann, Kaspareit, Ehrenbrink) • 1992: Australia (Green, Rolton, Hoy, Ryan) • 1996: Australia (Schaeffer, Rolton, Hoy, Dutton) • 2000: Australia (Dutton, Hoy, Tinney, Ryan) • 2004: France (Boiteau, Lyard, Courrèges, Teulère, Touzaint) • 2008: Germany (Thomsen, Ostholt, Dibowski, Klimke, Romeike)



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