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}} Sir Mark James Todd (born 1 March 1956), is a New Zealand horseman noted for his accomplishments in the discipline of eventing, voted Rider of the 20th century by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports, (Fédération Equestre Internationale).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.catwalk.org.nz/content/mark-todd )〕 He won gold medals at Los Angeles (1984) and Seoul (1988) Olympics, the Badminton Horse Trials on four occasions,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://archives.badminton-horse.co.uk/rider_pdfs/biog008_2012.pdf )〕 the Burghley Horse Trials five times,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.burghley-horse.co.uk/3DayEvent/Past_Winners.html )〕 and as a member of New Zealand’s Eventing team he won gold medals at the World Championships in 1990 and 1998 (Rome), plus 20 or more other international events, and numerous other international individual and team titles. In 1988, he was announced the New Zealand Sportsperson of the year, winner of the Supreme Halberg Award.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.halberg.co.nz/Events/Halberg+Awards+History/Halberg+Award+Winners+History/1980-1989++Halberg+Award+Winners.html )〕 In the same year he was inducted into The New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nzhalloffame.co.nz/Inductees/T/Mark-Todd.aspx )〕 Todd and fellow equestrian Andrew Nicholson, are the first New Zealanders to have competed at six Olympic Games. On 25 April 2011, Todd completed a fourth Badminton victory riding NZB Land Vision, becoming the oldest winner of the event.〔 By winning his fifth Olympic medal at the 2012 Olympics, Todd equaled the Olympic record for the longest gap between first and last Olympic medals, 28 years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/other-sports/7385685/New-Zealand-three-day-eventers-win-bronze )〕 The 2012 Games were Todd's sixth having previously competed in 1984-1992, 2000 and 2008. ==Biography== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark Todd (equestrian)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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