Andrew Hoy
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Andrew James Hoy Template:Post-nominals<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (born 8 February 1959) is an Australian equestrian rider. He has won six Olympic medals: three gold, two silvers and one bronze. He has competed in eight Olympic games, from 1984 to 2020 with the exception of 2008,<ref>listings in olympedia.org</ref> which is an Australian record;<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and at the 2020 Summer Olympics he was 62 years old, making him Australia's oldest ever male Olympian.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> After winning two medals in Tokyo, he did not rule out trying for future Olympic teams.<ref>Tokyo Olympics 2021: Andrew Hoy eyes Brisbane 2032 Games swansong, The Australian, 3 August 2021</ref>
Hoy is based in Leicestershire, in the United Kingdom with his team. He has been living in the UK since 1993.<ref name="athome" />
Hoy was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2000.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Early life
Andrew Hoy was born in Culcairn, NSW, and spent his earlier years there. He started riding when only six-years-old.Template:Citation needed The rest of his life has been spent around horses. In 1978, he moved to England to train and now lives there.Template:Citation needed
Hoy participated in his first International Championships at the age of 19 where he represented Australia at the 1978 World Championships in Kentucky. A year later, he won his first CCI4* competition.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Personal life
Hoy and his ex-wife Bettina Hoy, who competed at the Olympic level for Germany, lived for 12 years in Gloucestershire, at the Gatcombe Park estate of The Princess Royal. The Hoys were the only married couple that has ever competed against each other in different teams for the same Olympic medals.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In January 2009, the couple moved to the DOKR (Deutsches Olympia Kommitee für Reiterei) in Warendorf, Germany. In June 2010, Hoy moved to Farley Estate in the UK, and then to Wiltshire. In November 2011, Bettina publicly announced their separation.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She handed her ride, Lanfranco TSF to her former husband, Andrew Hoy, under the terms of their divorce agreement.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2013, Hoy and partner Stefanie Strobl moved to Somerby, Leicestershire.<ref name="athome">Template:Cite news</ref> Hoy and Strobl have a daughter and son.<ref name=":0" />
Olympic results
At the 2020 Summer Olympics he rode David and Paula Evans' 12-year-old Anglo-Arab Vassily de Lassos.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
CCI5* results
| Results | ||||||||||||
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| Event | Kentucky | Badminton | Luhmühlen | Burghley | Pau | Adelaide | ||||||
| 2002 | 8th (Darien Powers) | 4th (Mr. Pracatan) | ||||||||||
| 2003 | 7th (Mr. Pracatan) 26th (Moonfleet) |
9th (Master Monarch) | ||||||||||
| 2004 | 5th (Mr. Pracatan) | Template:Gold01 (Moonfleet) 4th (Master Monarch) |
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| 2005 | 8th (Exquis Yeoman's Point) EL (Moonfleet) |
Template:Bronze03 (Master Monarch) 6th (Mr. Pracatan) |
11th (Moonfleet) | 6th (Mr. Pracatan) WD (Master Monarch) |
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| 2006 | Template:Gold01 (Master Monarch) 9th (Exquis Yeoman's Point) |
Template:Gold01 (Moonfleet) 15th (Mr. Pracatan) |
12th (Classy Touch) | Template:Silver02 (Moonfleet) 5th (Mr. Pracatan) |
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| 2007 | 14th (Classy Touch) | Template:Bronze03 (Master Monarch) | WD (Exquis Yeoman's Point) | |||||||||
| 2008 | EL (Moonfleet) | 4th (Moonfleet) | RET (Moonfleet) | 6th (Moonfleet) | ||||||||
| 2009 | EL (Grand Joca) | |||||||||||
| 2010-2011 | did not participate | |||||||||||
| 2012 | 17th (Rutherglen) | 6th (Rutherglen) | ||||||||||
| 2013 | WD (Rutherglen) | |||||||||||
| 2014 | 11th (Rutherglen) | RET (Rutherglen) | ||||||||||
| 2015 | EL (Rutherglen) EL (Lanfranco) |
RET (Algebra) | EL (Rutherglen) | |||||||||
| 2016 | 11th (Rutherglen) | 20th (Rutherglen) EL (The Blue Frontier) |
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| 2017 | 41st (Rutherglen) EL (The Blue Frontier) |
37th (The Blue Frontier) | ||||||||||
| EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew | ||||||||||||
References
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External links
- Andrew Hoy: Saddling up for number six, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2004
- DatabaseOlympics profile
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- 1959 births
- Living people
- People from Culcairn
- Olympic equestrians for Australia
- Australian male equestrians
- Equestrians at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Australian event riders
- Olympic gold medalists for Australia
- Olympic silver medalists for Australia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
- Olympic medalists in equestrian
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Sportsmen from New South Wales
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen