Andrew Hoy

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Andrew Hoy on Master Monarch (Burghley Horse Trials 2007)

Andrew Hoy (born February 8, 1959 in Culcairn , New South Wales ) is an Australian eventing rider and farmer . He is one of the most successful in his sport, with three Olympic gold medals and victories in four of six eventing tournaments, which are ranked in the highest category ( CCI **** ) by the World Equestrian Federation ( FEI ).

Career

Hoy, who has a college degree in agronomy , started riding at the age of seven and competed ten years later. In 1978 it was used internationally for the first time and in the following year it achieved its breakthrough to the top of the world by winning the renowned Burghley Horse Trials .

Because of the Olympic boycott , Hoy could not compete in Moscow in 1980. However, he was nominated for the alternatively hosted festival in Fontainebleau , where he won the team bronze medal with Davey .

His first of six Olympic Games so far followed in 1984. At the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona , Hoy won the gold medal with the Australian team. He repeated this success in 1996 in Atlanta and 2000 in Sydney ; In 2000 he also came second in the individual competition. In Atlanta, Hoy was the flag bearer of the Australian delegation during the opening ceremony.

In 2002 Hoy won the Luhmühlen Eventing , in 2006 the Rolex Kentucky Three Day and the Badminton Horse Trials . So he still lacks victories at the Australian International Three Day Event and at Étoiles de Pau to win all six top-ranked tournaments. At world championships and world equestrian games , Hoy was twice third in the team classification, in 1986 in Gawler and 2006 in Aachen .

Private life

Andrew Hoy was married to the German eventing rider Bettina Hoy (née Overesch). Both managed Gatcombe Park , the private country estate of the British Princess Anne, for twelve years . He has known the princess since 1979 when he was trained by her then-husband and Olympic gold medalist, Mark Phillips . They left the facility in February 2009.

At the end of November 2011, Bettina Hoy announced her separation from Andrew Hoy. Andrew Hoy lives in the UK again. Andrew and Bettina Hoy were the first couple to start in eventing for different nations and to compete against each other.

successes

  • Olympic games
    • 1992: Gold team
    • 1996: Gold team
    • 2000: Gold team, silver individual
  • World championships
    • 1986: Bronze team
  • World Equestrian Games
    • 2006: Bronze team
  • Other major tournaments
    • Winner Burghley Horse Trials: 1979 and 2004
    • Winner CCI 4 * Luhmühlen: 2000
    • Winner Rolex Kentucky Three Day: 2006
    • Badminton Horse Trials Winner: 2006

Web links

Commons : Andrew Hoy  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Medal table , Olympic Games 1912 to 2008 , pferd-aktuell.de
  2. ↑ Merv Bennett - Quiet Achiever , Equestrian Memories Aust Facebook page, October 25, 2017, accessed March 17, 2018
  3. ↑ FN-aktuell, official press service of the German Equestrian Association, issue 2/2009 (PDF; 362 kB), page 17
  4. ↑ After the dream couple separated: Hoys Neustart , Michael Rossmann, dpa, November 29, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Hoy, Andrew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian eventing rider
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Culcairn , New South Wales