Oliver Townend

Oliver Townend (born 15 November 1982) is a British eventing rider competing at the international three-day level. His wins include team gold at the 2007, 2009 and 2017 European Championships[1] and wins at Badminton Horse Trials, Burghley Horse Trials, and the Kentucky Three Day Event.[2] He also represented Britain at the World Equestrian Games in 2006 and 2014.[3][4] He was the Event Rider Masters series champion in 2016.[3] He has been eventing's world number one twice, in 2009 and again in 2018,[5] and British number one seven times since 2009.[6]

Oliver Townend
Oliver Townend and Cooley Master Class, 2019 European Eventing Championship
Personal information
Nationality United Kingdom
DisciplineEventing
Born (1982-11-15) 15 November 1982
Huddersfield, Yorkshire

Biography
Winner of the 2008 World Cup leg of Chatsworth: Oliver Townend on Flint Curtis

Townend won the junior newcomers showjumping at the Horse of the Year Show with Cool Mule aged 11,[7] rode in the pony European Eventing Championships aged 13[1] and left school at 16 to pursue riding and selling horses professionally. He credits his love of horses to his parents.[8] His father was also an event rider and his mother showed side-saddle.[8]

In 2010, Townend had his horse fall on top of him while participating in the Rolex Kentucky Three Day in Lexington, Kentucky. He broke his collarbone, shoulder bones, sternum and four ribs, but credited the air bag vest with allowing him to leave the hospital after only one day, saying that without the vest he "would be in a box or in America for a month".[9]

International Championship Results
Results
Year Event Horse Placing Notes
2005 European Championships Topping 43rd Individual
2006 World Equestrian Games Flint Curtis 11th Individual
2007 World Young Horse Championships Master Boy 21st CCI**
2007European Championships Flint Curtis Team
12th Individual
2009 Eventing World Cup Final Flint Curtis EL
2009 European Championships Flint Curtis Team
EL Individual
2014 World Young Horse Championships Willingapark Cooley 9th CCI**
2014 World Equestrian Games Black Tie RET Individual
2015 World Young Horse Championships SRS Chillout 18th CCI*
Ridire Dorcha WD CCI**
2015 European Championships Fenyas Elegance 17th Individual
2017 European Championships Willingapark Cooley Team
WD Individual
2019 European Championships Cooley Master Class Team
9th Individual
2019 World Young Horse Championships Miss Cooley 23rd CCI***
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

CCI 5* Results
Results
Event Kentucky Badminton Luhmühlen Burghley Pau Adelaide
2005 12th (Topping)
2006 (Flint Curtis)

31st (Topping)

 EL (Topping)
2007 EL (Tom Cruise II)

WD (Flint Curtis)

 RET (Saxon Cross)

RET (Waterbeck Basil)
2008 12th (Coup de Coeur) RET (Flint Curtis) RET (Clover Curtis)

EL (Divine Inspiration)
20098th (Carousel Quest) (Flint Curtis) 15th (Sportsfield Sandyman)

17th (Golden Hue)

WD (Jackson D'Allez)

 (Carousel Quest) 8th (Carousel Quest)
2010EL (Ashdale Cruise Master)

WD (Master Boy)

 5th (Ashdale Cruise Master)

EL (Carousel Quest)

 4th (Carousel Quest) 13th (Master Boy)
20116th (ODT Sonas Rovatio) EL (Ashdale Cruise Master) 7th (Master Boy) RET (Imperial Master)

EL (Neo du Breuil)
2012RET (Pepper Anne) 7th (ODT Sonas Rovatio)

8th (Armada)

 4th (Armada)

RET (ODT Sonas Rovatio)

 EL (ODT Sonas Rovatio)
201334th (Armada) WD (Armada)
2014 (Armada) 4th (Black Tie) 8th (Armada)
201511th (Armada) 11th (Dromgurrihy Blue)

23rd (Armada)

32nd (Samuel Thomas II)
201625th (Armada)

RET (Black Tie)

 RET (Dromgurrihy Blue)

WD (Black Tie)

 7th (Samuel Thomas II)

23rd (Dromgurrihy Blue)

RET (MHS King Joules)
201716th (ODT Ghareeb)

25th (Samuel Thomas II)

 18th (Black Tie) (Ballaghmor Class)

12th (Samuel Thomas II)
2018 (Cooley Master Class)

7th (MHS King Joules)

 (Willingapark Cooley)

5th (Ballaghmor Class)

 (Ballaghmor Class)

12th (Willingapark Cooley)

WD (MHS King Joules)

 EL (Cillnabradden Evo)
2019 (Cooley Master Class) (Ballaghmor Class)

6th (Cillnabradden Evo)

 (Ballaghmor Class)
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew
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gollark: I mean, more than usual.
gollark: I suppose I'll just have to put a copy of you into a simulation of reality where every time you forget a ™, bees incurse rapidly.
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References
  1. "Oliver Townend". Horse & Hound.
  2. "Athlete Performance". FEI Database.
  3. "OLIVER TOWNEND". Event Rider Masters.
  4. "WEG cross-country: what happened where?". Horse and Country.
  5. "OLIVER TOWNEND IS NEW NUMBER ONE IN THE FEI WORLD EVENTING RANKINGS". Team GBR Equestrian.
  6. "Townend enjoying 'best days' and door still open for Team GB". Yorkshire Post.
  7. "Oliver Townend: My kingdom for a horse". Financial Times.
  8. "Oliver Townend". Badminton Horse Trials.
  9. Thomas, Katie (23 August 2010). "Equestrians' Latest Safety Option Is the Air Bag". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

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