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Chris Burton | AUS Team | Rio 2016 27/07/2016 Chris Burton | AUS Team | Rio 2016 O⚽cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Chris Burton Athlete Biography Chris Burton is heading into his second Olympic Games as a top contender being ranked second in the Eventing World Rankings. He will ride the nine-year-old black gelding Santano II at the Rio Games. Currently living in Surrey, England the Queensland born athlete secured his second Olympic berth after a dominating 2015 season. He guided two horses to a top ve nish at the 2015 Burghley Horse Trials CCI4* (TS Jamaimo and Haruzac) and took out the world record for the lowest ever nishing score at a three day event aboard Santano II, in the CCI2* in Camphire. Burton nished second at the 2015 Blenheim Horse Trials CCI3* with Nobilis 18, placed 4th at the Luhmühlen CCI4* with Graf Liberty and helped Australia claim bronze in the 2015 FEI Nations Cup Eventing Series. Burton recorded his rst 3* win in 2005 and went on to win the Australian International Three Day Event CCI4* in 2008 aboard Newsprint. He made his international debut for Australia at the 2010 World Equestrian Games in Kentucky where he nished mideld on Holstein Park Leilani. The lover of cold weather, snow and skiing moved to the United Kingdom in 2012 with Holstein Park Leilani in a bid to make the London Eventing Team – a move that came to fruition when the 31- year old rode at his debut Olympic Games in 2012. He placed sixth in the team event and 16th in the individual. All copy on this page is copyright © Australian Olympic Committee. Do not reproduce without permission. Equestrian - Eventing http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/chris­burton1 1/3 27/07/2016 Chris Burton | AUS Team | Rio 2016 Fast Facts Sport Equestrian - Eventing Status Selected Event/s Individual Open, Team Open Nickname Burto Height 180 Weight 70 Age 34 Born Toowoomba, QLD, Australia Lives Dorset, England Olympic Information London 2012 - 16th (Individual), 6th (Team) Recent Performances 1st – 2016 Saumur CCI3*(Saumur, France) - Santano II 1st – 2016 Belton CIC3* (Belton, UK) - Nobilis 18 14th – 2016 Belton Horse Trials CIC3*(Belton, UK) - Santano II 35th – 2016 Burnham Market CIC3* (Burnham Market, UK) - Santano II 3rd & 4th – 2015 Burghley Horse Trials CCI4*( Burghley, UK) with TS Jamaimo and Haruzac Career Highlights Winning the 4 star event in Adelaide in 2009 and 2013 Winning Aachen CICO3* in 2012 and 2013 3rd and 4th at Burghley CCI4* in 2015 Education Primary Kulpi State School (QLD, Australia) Secondary Downlands College (QLD, Australia) Training Coach Prue Barrett (2010 - current) Primary Training Base Surrey, United Kingdom http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/chris­burton1 2/3 27/07/2016 Chris Burton | AUS Team | Rio 2016 Q&A Favourite holiday destination Anywhere with snow Favourite music Eric Clapton Personal Motto Trust yourself Star Sign Sagittarius/Scorpio I would spend my last $10 on A cold beer If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Equestrian - Jumping Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Australia team gold in the Eventing at Atlanta http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/chris­burton1 3/3 27/07/2016 Sam Griffiths | AUS Team | Rio 2016 O∭cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Sam Gri㐋ths Athlete Biography London Olympian Sam Gri㐋ths will compete at his second Games at Rio 2016 on the 13 –year-old Irish Sport Horse Paulank Brockagh. In 1995, Gri㐋ths moved to the United Kingdom to peruse his equestrian career. He trained and worked as a back-up rider for dual Olympic gold medallist Matt Ryan for three years, training and competing at all levels of horse events. The Melbourne born athlete had his ᷞrst taste of international success when he won team gold and individual silver at the Asia/Paciᷞc Championships in 2003. After being shortlisted for the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Games, Gri㐋ths’ Olympic dream came to fruition in 2012 when he was a reserve and then called up after two of his teammates’ horses were injured (Shane Rose and Megan Jones.) Gri㐋ths fell from Happy Times in the cross country phase. Australia eventually placing sixth. The UK based rider won the 2014 Badminton Horse Trials CCI4* with Paulank Brockagh. The same year, he placed 16th individually and fourth in the team event at the World Equestrian Games in Normandy. Gri㐋th says his wife Lucy, who also used to compete in eventing at an elite level, is the biggest in籝uence on his sporting career. The couple live on the Dorset/Somerset border with their two young children Ollie and Eliza. All copy on this page is copyright © Australian Olympic Committee. Do not reproduce without permission. Equestrian - Eventing http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/sam­griffiths2 1/3 27/07/2016 Sam Griffiths | AUS Team | Rio 2016 Fast Facts Sport Equestrian - Eventing Status Selected Event/s Individual Open, Team Open Height 171 Weight 73 Age 44 Born Melbourne, VIC, Australia Lives Dorset, United Kingdom Olympic Information London 2012 - EL (individual eventing) ; 6th (team eventing) Recent Performances 26th – 2016 Badminton Horse Trials CCI4* (Badminton, UK) 21st – 2016 Belton CIC3* (Belton, UK) 9th – 2015 Burghley Horse Trials CCI4* (Burghley, UK) 10th – 2015 Badminton Horse Trials CCI4* (Badminton, UK) 15th – 2014 Gatcombe Park CIC3* (Gatcombe, UK) Career Highlights Winning the 2014 Badminton Horse Trials in England Education Tertiary Geography - Monash University: Melba, ACT, AUS Training Institute/Academy Gri㐋ths Eventing Team: England Q&A http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/sam­griffiths2 2/3 27/07/2016 Sam Griffiths | AUS Team | Rio 2016 Personal Motto You can have trainers saying things to you consistently but sometimes you just have to work it out for yourself Most Inꔵuential person in your career/life My wife Lucy Why this sport? My older brother took it seriously, which meant I received his outgrown ponies and horses. With two brothers into eventing, the family would all go away together for the weekend. http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/sam­griffiths2 3/3 27/07/2016 Shane Rose | AUS Team | Rio 2016 O㐒cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Shane Rose Athlete Biography Rio 2016 is Shane Rose’s fourth Olympic Eventing selection however he has been forced to withdraw from the Team twice previously with injuries to his horses. Rose will take the Rio stage with his 13-year-old grey gelding CP Quali횐ed, and he is due some better Olympic luck. He is ranked 횐fth in the world rankings. After some early success in his international career, Rose was selected to compete at the 1996 Atlanta Games, but his horse Mr Joe Cool went lame in the journey to the USA and he was unable to compete. It was 12 years later when his Olympic dream was realised for the Beijing 2008 Games. Competing in Hong Kong, Rose and horse All Luck helped Australia win silver in the Team event, with the pair clocking the best cross country round of the event. He also placed 27th in the Individual event at his debut Games. Rose was devastated when his horse Taurus, who he had been preparing for 횐ve years, was unable to compete at the London Olympics after he pulled up lame with a shoulder injury. Rose was forced to withdraw from his second Olympic appearance. The Sydney born rider was a member of the fourth placed Australian Eventing Team at the World Equestrian Games in Normandy, 2014. The following year he guided two horses to 횐nish 1st and 2nd at the 2015 Australian International Three Day Event CCI4* (CP Quali횐ed and Virgil). Rose began riding horses at his local pony club when he was young, the same time he was competing in junior rugby union representative teams. He turned his focus solely to riding after a six month stint in the United Kingdom testing himself out in the sport. With a degree in horse management, Rose lives an hour west of Sydney in Werombi where he owns a property called Bimbadeen Park with wife Niki, which oᯰers services for race and performance horses. All copy on this page is copyright © Australian Olympic Committee. Do not reproduce without permission. http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/shane­rose 1/3 27/07/2016 Shane Rose | AUS Team | Rio 2016 Equestrian - Eventing Fast Facts Sport Equestrian - Eventing Status Selected Event/s Individual Open, Team Open Nickname Ringa Height 181 Weight 80 Age 43 Born Sydney, NSW, Australia Lives Werombi, NSW, Australia Olympic Information 2008 Beijing - 2nd (team eventing), 27th (individual eventing) Recent Performances 1st – 2016 Melbourne International Three Day Event CIC3*(Melbourne, Australia) 2nd – 2016 Sydney International Horse Trials CIC3* (Sydney, Australia) 1st & 2nd – 2015 Australian International Three Day Event CCI4* (Adelaide, Australia) with CP Quali횐ed and Virgil 1st – 2015 Goulburn Horse Trials CIC3* (Goulburn, Australia) 1st – 2015 Taupo CCI3* (Taupo, New-Zealand) Career Highlights Winning a Silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics Member of the 4th placed Australian Eventing Team at the World Equestrian Games, Normandy 2014 5 x winner of the Anna Savage Medal (Best and fairest award for Australian Eventing riders) Education Primary Pittwater House, NSW Australia Secondary Sydney Tafe, NSW Australia Tertiary Equine Science, Sydney Institute of Technology http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/shane­rose 2/3 27/07/2016 Shane Rose | AUS Team | Rio 2016 Training Coach Gareth Hughes (2012 to current) and Rod Brown (2012 to current) Primary Training Base Werombi, NSW Q&A Favourite food Japaneese Favourite holiday destination Home. Favourite music Most but acqustic rock Dream car Family Wagon? NOT! Personal Motto Be the best you can be Star Sign Taurus I would spend my last $10 on Something to eat If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Something old people could do Why this sport? Grew up riding.
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