New Zealand | Equestrian

• Birthdate: Mar 01, 1956
• Weight: 82kg
• Height: 190cm
• Age: 53

Athlete Results

Equestrian

Athlete Profile

Profile

Place of birth

Cambridge, New Zealand

Notes

Highlights

Mark Todd is among the most prominent New Zealand sportsmen, with two Olympic gold medals and numerous other honours.

In 1978 he was part of New Zealand's first three-day eventing team in the World Championship Kentucky.

The peaks of his career were his two Olympic gold medals on Charisma, in 1984 and 1988.

His Olympic victory at Los Angeles in 1984 saw Todd as the Olympic Champion before he won a bronze medal in the three-day eventing at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Todd won gold again in Seoul in 1988 and was also part of New Zealand's three-day eventing team which won bronze.

Todd won three times at Badminton and in many other European events. He helped New Zealand teams win world titles twice.

He was one of the New Zealand Olympic team coaches at Athens in 2004.