Richard Meade

This article is about a British rider; for the 19th century American politician, see Richard Kidder Meade .

Richard John Hannay Meade , OBE (born December 4, 1938 in Chepstow , Monmouthshire , Wales - † January 8, 2015 ) was a British eventing rider . He was three times Olympic champion as well as two world and two European champions.

Career

Meade was one of the most successful eventing riders in the world during the 1960s and 1970s. At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City , he won the gold medal in the team standings, and in the individual standings, he finished fourth. In 1972 in Munich he won both the individual and the team classification.

At world championships Meade won two more gold medals with the team, 1970 in Punchestown and 1982 in Luhmühlen . At European Championships , he won a total of four team medals; the gold in Moscow in 1965 , in Punchestown in 1967 and in Burghley in 1971, and the bronze in Kiev in 1973 . There was also a silver individual medal in Burghley in 1966. Other significant successes were victories at the Burghley Horse Trials in 1964 and at the Badminton Horse Trials in 1970.

After retiring from top-class sport, Meade worked as an equestrian advisor (operation and management of stud farms, organization of equestrian events, training, horse health, animal welfare). From 1989 to 1992 he was President of the British Equestrian Federation. In 2001 Meade was expelled from the animal welfare organization RSCPA . He had organized a campaign to induce supporters of the controversial fox hunt to join in order to change the attitude of the RRSPCA in their favor.

Meade died on January 8, 2015, at the age of 76, from cancer that he was diagnosed with in October 2014.

Richard Meade was married and had a daughter and two sons from this marriage. One of these sons, Harry Meade , born in 1983 , is also an eventing rider.

Placements at international championships

• Summer Olympics :
  • 1964, Tokyo : 10th place with the team and 8th place in the individual ranking with Barberry
  • 1968, Mexico City : with Cornishman V 1st place with the team and 4th place in the individual ranking
  • 1972, Munich : with Laurieston 1st place with the team and 1st place in the individual ranking
  • 1976, Bromont : 8th place with the team and 4th place in the individual ranking with Jacob Jones

• World Championships (incomplete):
  • 1966, Burghley: with Barberry 2nd place in the individual ranking
  • 1970, Punchestown: 1st place with the team and 2nd place in the individual ranking with The Poacher
  • 1974, Burghley: with Wayfarer II 2nd place with the team
  • 1982, Luhmühlen: with Kilcashel 1st place with the team

• European Championships (incomplete):
  • 1965, Moscow: 3rd place with the team with Barberry
  • 1967, Punchestown: Barberry 1st place with the team
  • 1971, Burghley: with The Poacher 1st place with the team
  • 1973, Kiev: 3rd place with the team with Wayfarer II
  • 1981, Horsens: with Kilcashel 1st place with the team

Web links

Commons : Richard Meade  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website ( Memento of January 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
• Richard Meade in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Richard Meade ( Memento from January 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Gareth Griffiths: Olympic equestrian legend Richard Meade dies aged 76. Obituary on walesonline.co.uk of January 9, 2014 (English, accessed January 9, 2014).
2. ↑ RSPCA expels Richard Meade ( Memento of the original dated August 14, 2007 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. - igreens.org.uk, June 14, 2001 
3. ↑ In Memoriam; Richard Meade OBE. Obituary on the British Eventing homepage on January 9, 2015 (accessed January 9, 2015).
4. ↑ Victoria Spicer: Eventer Richard Meade passes away. ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2015 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. Obituary on the Horse & Country homepage on January 9, 2015 (accessed January 9, 2015). 
5. ^ FEI short biographies: Harry Meade
6. ↑ In Memoriam: Richard Meade (GBR), 1938-2015 , FEI press release , January 9, 2014 (English)
7. ↑ FEI Athlete Performance: Richard JH Meade ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2015 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.