Oliver David Townend MBE (born 15 November 1982) is a British eventing rider competing at the international three-day level. His wins include team gold at the 2007, 2009 and 2017 European Championships[1] and wins at Badminton Horse Trials, Burghley Horse Trials, and the Kentucky Three Day Event.[2] He also represented Britain at the World Equestrian Games in 2006 and 2014.[3][4] He was the Event Rider Masters series champion in 2016.[3] He has been eventing's world number one twice, in 2009 and again in 2018,[5] and British number one seven times since 2009.[6]

Oliver Townend MBE
Oliver Townend and Cooley Master Class, 2019 European Eventing Championship
Personal information
Nationality	United Kingdom
Discipline	Eventing
Born	(1982-11-15) 15 November 1982 (age 39) Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Medal record Equestrian Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team eventing European Championships 2007 Pratoni del Vivaro Team Eventing 2009 Fontainebleau Team Eventing 2017 Strzegom Team Eventing 2019 Luhmühlen Team eventing

Biography

Townend was raised in Scapegoat Hill, a small settlement on the moors near Huddersfield in West Yorkshire.[7] He won the junior newcomers showjumping at the Horse of the Year Show with Cool Mule aged 11,[8] rode in the pony European Eventing Championships aged 13[1] and left school at 16 to pursue riding and selling horses professionally. He credits his love of horses to his parents.[9] His father was also an event rider and his mother showed side-saddle.[9]

In 2010, Townend had his horse fall on top of him while participating in the Rolex Kentucky Three Day in Lexington, Kentucky. He broke his collarbone, shoulder bones, sternum and four ribs, but credited the air bag vest with allowing him to leave the hospital after only one day, saying that without the vest he "would be in a box or in America for a month".[10]

Townend presently lives at Ellesmere, Shropshire.[11]

Townend was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to equestrianism.[12][13]

International Championship Results

Results
Year	Event	Horse	Placing	Notes
2005	European Championships	Topping	43rd	Individual
2006	World Equestrian Games	Flint Curtis	11th	Individual
2007	World Young Horse Championships	Master Boy	21st	CCI**
2007	European Championships	Flint Curtis		Team
			12th	Individual
2009	Eventing World Cup Final	Flint Curtis	EL
2009	European Championships	Flint Curtis		Team
			EL	Individual
2014	World Young Horse Championships	Willingapark Cooley	9th	CCI**
2014	World Equestrian Games	Black Tie	RET	Individual
2015	World Young Horse Championships	SRS Chillout	18th	CCI*
		Ridire Dorcha	WD	CCI**
2015	European Championships	Fenyas Elegance	17th	Individual
2017	European Championships	Willingapark Cooley		Team
			WD	Individual
2019	European Championships	Cooley Master Class		Team
			9th	Individual
2019	World Young Horse Championships	Miss Cooley	23rd	CCI***
2020	World Young Horse Championships	Cooley Rosalent		CCI**
2021	Olympic Games	Ballaghmor Class		Team
			5th	Individual
	World Young Horse Championships	Cooley Rosalent	7th	CCI***
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

CCI 5* Results

Results
Event	Kentucky	Badminton	Luhmühlen	Burghley	Pau	Adelaide	Maryland	Bicton
2005		12th (Topping)
2006		(Flint Curtis) 31st (Topping)		EL (Topping)
2007		EL (Tom Cruise II) WD (Flint Curtis)		RET (Saxon Cross) RET (Waterbeck Basil)
2008		12th (Coup de Coeur)		RET (Flint Curtis)	RET (Clover Curtis) EL (Divine Inspiration)
2009	8th (Carousel Quest)	(Flint Curtis)	15th (Sportsfield Sandyman) 17th (Golden Hue) WD (Jackson D'Allez)	(Carousel Quest)	8th (Carousel Quest)
2010	EL (Ashdale Cruise Master) WD (Master Boy)		5th (Ashdale Cruise Master) EL (Carousel Quest)	4th (Carousel Quest)	13th (Master Boy)
2011	6th (ODT Sonas Rovatio)	EL (Ashdale Cruise Master)	7th (Master Boy)	RET (Imperial Master) EL (Neo du Breuil)
2012	RET (Pepper Anne)		7th (ODT Sonas Rovatio) 8th (Armada)	4th (Armada) RET (ODT Sonas Rovatio)	EL (ODT Sonas Rovatio)
2013		34th (Armada)		WD (Armada)
2014		(Armada)	4th (Black Tie)	8th (Armada)
2015		11th (Armada)		11th (Dromgurrihy Blue) 23rd (Armada) 32nd (Samuel Thomas II)
2016		25th (Armada) RET (Black Tie)	RET (Dromgurrihy Blue) WD (Black Tie)	7th (Samuel Thomas II) 23rd (Dromgurrihy Blue) RET (MHS King Joules)
2017		16th (ODT Ghareeb) 25th (Samuel Thomas II)	18th (Black Tie)	(Ballaghmor Class) 12th (Samuel Thomas II)
2018	(Cooley Master Class) 7th (MHS King Joules)	(Willingapark Cooley) 5th (Ballaghmor Class)		(Ballaghmor Class) 12th (Willingapark Cooley) WD (MHS King Joules)	EL (Cillnabradden Evo)
2019	(Cooley Master Class)	(Ballaghmor Class) 6th (Cillnabradden Evo)		(Ballaghmor Class)
2020					6th (MHS King Joules)
2021	(Ballaghmor Class)				6th (Ridire Dorcha) WD (MHS King Joules)		(Cooley Master Class)	7th (Tregilder) EL (MHS King Joules)
2022		(Swallow Springs) 5th (Ballaghmor Class)
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

Notable Horses

• Flint Curtis
  • 2006 Badminton Horse Trials third place
  • 2007 & 2009 European Championships - team gold
  • 2009 Badminton Horse Trials winner
• Carousel Quest
  • 2009 Burghley Horse Trials winner
• Armarda
  • 2014 Badminton Horse Trials runner up
• Willingapark Cooley
  • 2017 European Championships - team gold
  • 2018 Badminton Horse Trials runner up
• Cillnabraden Evo
  • Badminton 5* dressage record holder (19.7)
• Ballaghmor Class
  • 2017 Burghley Horse Trials winner
  • 2018 Burghley Horse Trials runner up
  • 2019 Badminton 5* runner up
  • 2019 Burghley 5* runner up
  • 2021 Kentucky 5* winner
  • 2020 Olympic Games - team gold, individual 5th
• Cooley Master Class
  • 2018 & 2019 Kentucky 5* winner
  • 2019 European Championships - team silver, individual 9th
  • 2021 Maryland 5* runner up
• Swallow Springs
  • 2022 Badminton 5* third place

References

External links

Official website

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