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Robert Blyth Tait MBE (born 10 May 1961) is a New Zealand equestrian. Tait has competed at four Olympics and has won four medals, one of only four New Zealanders to do so.[1]

Blyth Tait
MBE
Personal information
Full nameRobert Blyth Tait
Born (1961-05-10) 10 May 1961 (age 61)
Whangārei, New Zealand
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportEquestrian
Event(s)Eventing
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Equestrian
Olympic Games
1996 AtlantaIndividual eventing
1992 BarcelonaTeam eventing
1992 BarcelonaIndividual eventing
1996 AtlantaTeam eventing
World Championships
1990 StockholmIndividual eventing
1990 StockholmTeam eventing
1998 RomeIndividual eventing
1998 RomeTeam eventing

Tait's first success at international level was at the 1990 World Equestrian Games in Stockholm, when he won Gold in both the individual and team events riding Messiah. At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona he won Bronze in the individual event after teammate Vicky Latta knocked down a rail in the showjumping, and Silver in the team event with Latta and Andrew Nicholson (Mark Todd was also in the team but was not awarded a medal as he did not finish the event). At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta he won Gold in the individual and Bronze in the Team event. Tait repeated his World Championships double Gold effort at Rome in 1998 riding Ready Teddy. He was flag-bearer for the New Zealand team at the 2000 Summer Olympics but he was eliminated in both the individual and team events. Tait completed his competitive Olympic career with a fifth in the team event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was the eventing manager for the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]

In the 1993 Queen's Birthday Honours, Tait was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to equestrian sport.[3]


Olympic record



Personal life


Tait is homosexual.[4]


Notes and references


  1. Biography at New Zealand Olympic Committee website
  2. "Out Olympians add to medal tally". Southern Voice. 29 August 2008. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2008.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. "No. 53334". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 12 June 1993. p. 38.
  4. "Sports: Out Gays Win Olympic medals – Windy City Times News". September 2004.
Awards
Preceded by Lonsdale Cup of the New Zealand Olympic Committee
2001
Succeeded by

На других языках


- [en] Blyth Tait

[fr] Blyth Tait

Blyth Tait, né le 10 mai 1961 à Whangarei, est un cavalier professionnel néo-zélandais de concours complet d'équitation.

[it] Blyth Tait

Blyth Tait (Whangārei, 10 maggio 1961) è un fantino neozelandese.



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