Geoff Billington

Geoff Billington medal table
Show jumping
United Kingdom
European championships
bronze	1997	Show jumping, team (with It's Otto )
World championships
bronze	1998	Show jumping, team (with It's Otto )

Geoff Billington (born March 2, 1955 in Cheshire ) is a British show jumper .

Career

At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta he was sixth in the singles with It's Otto , and in Sydney in 2000 he only made it to 24th place in the individual ranking. 1997 Billington won the bronze medal at the European Championships in Mannheim in a team with John and Michael Whitaker , as well as Robert Smith . At the 1998 World Championships in Rome he also won team bronze with It's Otto . He is currently ranked 173rd in the world. In 2007 he won the Hickstead Derby on Cassabachus .

Private

Billington is married with five children and his eldest son James is also a show jumper. The show jumper is known for his jokes. Among other things, Billington likes to “poke fun” colleagues by mimicking their riding style.

successes

2010

• CSI **, Grand Prix of Vestfold (NOR), 2nd place (Pedro)

2009

• CSI *****, World Cup, London-Olympia (GBR), 2nd place (Pedro)
• CSI ****, Grand Prix of De Steeg (NED), 4th place (Uppercut)
• CSI **, Grand Prix of Vilamoura (POR), 1st place (Rosinus)
• CSI ****, Grand Prix of Comporta (POR), 3rd place (Rosinus)
• CSI **, Grand Prix of Comporta (POR), 3rd place (Rosinus)
• CSI **, Grand Prix of Vestfold (NOR), 2nd place (Rosinus)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FEI world ranking list ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ www.reitwelten.de

Web links

• Geoff Billington in the database of Olympedia.org (English)
• Geoff Billington . British Showjumping Association