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Richard Meade

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Richard John Hannay Meade, OBE (4 December 1938 – 8 January 2015) was Britain's most successful male equestrian Olympian. [1]

55 relations: Badminton Horse Trials, BBC Sports Personality of the Year, BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award, BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year, British Equestrian Federation, British Eventing, British Horse Society, British Show Horse Association, Burghley Horse Trials, Chepstow, City of London, Connemara pony, Daily Mail, Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics, Equestrian at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Equestrian at the 1976 Summer Olympics, Equestrian at the Summer Olympics, European Eventing Championships, Eventing, Eventing World Championships, Expert witness, FEI World Equestrian Games, Fox hunting, Gayton, Norfolk, Gold medal, Great Britain at the Olympics, Harry Meade, Hawks' Club, International Federation for Equestrian Sports, Itton, Julian Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney, Lancing College, List of Olympic medalists in equestrian, Magdalene College, Cambridge, Monmouthshire, Munich massacre, Olympic Games ceremony, Olympic medal, Order of the British Empire, Pippa Middleton, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, South Gloucestershire, St Nicholas' Church, Gayton, Union Jack, United Kingdom, Wales, ..., Welsh Sports Hall of Fame, 11th Hussars, 1968 Summer Olympics, 1972 Summer Olympics, 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. Expand index (5 more) »

Badminton Horse Trials

The Badminton Horse Trials is a three-day event, one of only six annual Concours Complet International (CCI) Four Star **** events as classified by the Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI).

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BBC Sports Personality of the Year

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year is an awards ceremony that takes place annually in December.

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BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award

The BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award is an award given annually as part of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony each December.

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BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year

The BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year is a televised sporting competition, broadcast on BBC Two every year; and the most prestigious annual sport award in Wales.

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British Equestrian Federation

The British Equestrian Federation is the national governing body of equestrian sport in Great Britain and represents the country at the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI).

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British Eventing

British Eventing (BE) is the Great Britain governing body for the equestrian sport of eventing, which combines a single rider and horse pairing competing in dressage, showjumping and cross country.

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British Horse Society

The British Horse Society (BHS) is a membership-based equine charity, with a stated vision of "a Society which provides a strong voice for horses and people and which spreads awareness through support, training and education".

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British Show Horse Association

The British Show Horse Association (BSHA) is the governing body for the showing and registering of hacks, cobs and riding horses.

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Burghley Horse Trials

The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials is an annual three-day event held at Burghley House near Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, currently in early September.

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Chepstow

Chepstow (Cas-gwent) is a town in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England.

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City of London

The City of London is a city and county that contains the historic centre and the primary central business district (CBD) of London.

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Connemara pony

The Connemara pony (Irish: Capaillín Chonamara) is a pony breed originating in Ireland.

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Daily Mail

The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-marketPeter Wilby, New Statesman, 19 December 2013 (online version: 2 January 2014) tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust and published in London.

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Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics

The equestrian events at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo included show jumping, dressage and eventing.

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Equestrian at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Equestrian competitions at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico featured team and individual competitions in show jumping, eventing, and dressage.

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Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics

The equestrian events at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich included show jumping, dressage and eventing.

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Equestrian at the 1976 Summer Olympics

The equestrian events at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal included show jumping, dressage and eventing.

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Equestrian at the Summer Olympics

Equestrianism made its Summer Olympics debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

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European Eventing Championships

The European Eventing Championships, like most other European Championships, is held every two years.

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Eventing

Eventing (also known as three day eventing or horse trials) is an equestrian event where a single horse and rider combination compete against other combinations across the three disciplines of dressage, cross-country, and show jumping.

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Eventing World Championships

The Eventing World Championships, or the eventing competition in the World Equestrian Games (WEG), began in 1966.

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Expert witness

An expert witness, in England, Wales and the United States, is a person whose opinion by virtue of education, training, certification, skills or experience, is accepted by the judge as an expert.

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FEI World Equestrian Games

The FEI World Equestrian Games are the major international championships for equestrianism, and are administered by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI).

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Fox hunting

Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase and, if caught, the killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds, and a group of unarmed followers led by a "master of foxhounds" ("master of hounds"), who follow the hounds on foot or on horseback.

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Gayton, Norfolk

Gayton is a small village in the west of the English county of Norfolk.

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Gold medal

A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field.

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Great Britain at the Olympics

Great Britain or Team GB is the team that sends athletes from the United Kingdom (UK), all but three of its overseas territories, and the three Crown dependencies, to the Olympic Games.

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Harry Meade

Harry Meade (born 4 July 1983) is a British eventing rider.

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Hawks' Club

The Hawks' Club is a members-only social club for sportsmen at the University of Cambridge.

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International Federation for Equestrian Sports

The International Federation for Equestrian Sports (Fédération Équestre Internationale, FEI) is the international governing body of equestrian sports.

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Itton

Itton (Llanddinol), is a small village in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, in the community of Devauden about north-west of Chepstow.

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Julian Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney

Julian Charles Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney (born 1948, of Gayton Hall) is an English peer.

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Lancing College

Lancing College is an independent boarding and day school in southern England, UK.

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List of Olympic medalists in equestrian

Equestrian sports are among those contested at the Summer Olympic Games.

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Magdalene College, Cambridge

Magdalene College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

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Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) is a county in south east Wales.

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Munich massacre

The Munich massacre was an attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, in which the Palestinian terrorist group Black September took eleven Israeli Olympic team members hostage and killed them along with a German police officer.

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Olympic Games ceremony

Olympic Games ceremonies of the Ancient Olympic Games were an integral part of these Games; the modern Olympic games have opening, closing and medal ceremonies.

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Olympic medal

An Olympic medal is awarded to successful competitors at one of the Olympic Games.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Pippa Middleton

Philippa Charlotte "Pippa" Middleton (born 6 September 1983) is an English socialite, author, and columnist.

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, (Henry Charles Albert David; born 15 September 1984) is a member of the British royal family.

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Prince William, Duke of Cambridge

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982) is a member of the British royal family.

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Princess Charlotte of Cambridge

Princess Charlotte of Cambridge (Charlotte Elizabeth Diana; born 2 May 2015) is a member of the British royal family.

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Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) is a charity operating in England and Wales that promotes animal welfare.

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South Gloucestershire

South Gloucestershire is a unitary authority area in South West England.

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St Nicholas' Church, Gayton

St Nicholas' Church is a Church of England church located in Gayton, Norfolk.

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Union Jack

The Union Jack, or Union Flag, is the national flag of the United Kingdom.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Welsh Sports Hall of Fame

The Welsh Sports Hall of Fame (WSHOF) is a charitable organisation created to commemorate the sporting achievements and preserve the artifacts of Welsh athletes.

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11th Hussars

The 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army established in 1715.

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1968 Summer Olympics

The 1968 Summer Olympics (Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico, in October 1968.

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1972 Summer Olympics

The 1972 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1972), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972.

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1980 Summer Olympics boycott

The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott was one part of a number of actions initiated by the United States to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Meade

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