Boyd Martin

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Boyd Martin
Boyd Martin Otis Barbotiere cross country London 2012.jpg
Martin at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born (1979-08-20) August 20, 1979 (age 45)
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Pratoni Team eventing
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Toronto Team eventing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Lima Individual eventing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Lima Team eventing

Boyd Martin (born August 20, 1979) is an Australian-born American equestrian competing in the discipline of eventing. [1] He has participated in four consecutive Summer Olympic Games (in 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024) and is a two-time Pan American Games team gold medalist and individual gold medalist. He is a two-time CCI5*-L winner. [2]

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Biography

Olympic three-day event rider Boyd Martin was born to Toy Dorgan, an American speed skater, and Ross Martin, an Australian cross-country skier. His parents met at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. [3] Martin and his sister Brook were raised in Terrey Hills, New South Wales, on the outskirts of Sydney. Boyd started his riding career at the Forrest Hills Pony Club with a pony named Willy. [4]

After high school, he lived at Heath and Rozzie Ryan's Newcastle Equestrian Centre [5] for eight years, first as a working student and later running his own business. During this time, Boyd represented Australia at the Young Rider level against New Zealand on a Trans-Tasman three-day event on Brady Bunch and won the last long-format four-star event at the 2003 Adelaide CCI4* riding True Blue Toozac. He was long listed for the Australian Eventing Team for the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2004, and 2008.[ citation needed ]

In 2006, Martin traveled to the United States to compete at the Rolex Kentucky CCI4* riding Ying Yang Yo. He and his wife, Silva, later returned a year later to the U.S. to try to compete internationally. [6] For the first three years there, Martin worked as an assistant to Phillip Dutton. [7] [8] In 2010, Silva and Boyd started their own business, Windurra USA. The Martins own a farm in Cochranville, Pennsylvania; during the winters, they are based in Aiken, South Carolina.[ promotion? ]

International competition

In 2009, Martin began representing the United States in international competition. He purchased his horse, Neville Bardos, for $850; Neville had been rescued from the racetrack by another trainer. [9] [ better source needed ] [10] Martin experienced a barn fire and several personal tragedies in 2011. [10] Martin and Neville finished 7th at the Burghley CCI4* (England). Neville Bardos was named the 2011 International Horse of the Year by the USEF, and The Chronicle of the Horse named Martin its 2011 Overall Rider of the Year. They were featured on the cover page of The New York Times. [11]

Martin was placed 10th at the 2010 World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Kentucky, riding Neville Bardos; [12] 7th at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France, riding Shamwari 4; and was a member of the U.S. Olympic Eventing Team in London in 2012, riding Otis Barbotiere. In 2015, he placed 4th individually and was a member of the U.S. team at the Pan American Games in Toronto riding Pancho Villa. The following year, Boyd competed at his second Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, riding Thoroughbred Blackfoot Mystery. He placed 16th individually and was the second highest placed U.S. athlete.

As of 2021, he has competed in three Olympic Games (Tokyo 2020, Rio 2016, London 2012), two World Equestrian Games (Tryon 2018, Normandy 2014), two Pan American Games (Lima 2019, Toronto 2015), and has made appearances on numerous teams for the U.S. In 2021, Martin won the Maryland 5 Star CCI5*-L with On Cue. He also finished 4th aboard On Cue at the 2021 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Eventing CCI5*-L before finishing inside the top twenty aboard Tsetserleg TSF at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. In 2022, Martin was selected to compete on the US Eventing Team for the FEI Eventing World Championships held in Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy. Aboard Tsetserleg TSF, Martin and the team won the silver medal, earning the team's qualification to the 2024 Olympic Games [13] .[ citation needed ]

Outside of equestrianism, Boyd is a fan of boxing, MMA and hockey. [14]

CCI5*-L results

Results
Event Kentucky Maryland Badminton Luhmühlen Burghley Pau Adelaide
20005th (Flying Doctor)
200117th (Flying Doctor)
18th (Starkey)
20025th (X-Treme)
2003Gold medal icon.svg (True Blue Toozac)
18th (Brady Bunch)
20058th (Orchard End Winston)
200611th (Ying Yang Yo)
20089th (Neville Bardos)
EL (Ying Yang Yo)
20104th (Neville Bardos)
11th (Rock On Rose)
12th (Remington XXV)
7th (Remington XXV)
20117th (Remington XXV)7th (Neville Bardos)
2012Bronze medal icon.svg (Otis Barbotiere)
8th (Remington XXV)
RET (Ying Yang Yo)
2013RET (Trading Aces)
2014Bronze medal icon.svg (Shamwari IV)
15th (Otis Barbotiere)
20157th (Master Frisky)
25th (Cracker Jack)
20166th (Blackfoot Mystery)
12th (Shamwari IV)
42nd (Steady Eddie)
EL (Cracker Jack)10th (Cracker Jack)13th (Welcome Shadow)
EL (Cracker Jack)
20177th (Cracker Jack)
RET (Steady Eddie)
10th (Steady Eddie)RET (Cracker Jack)
201811th (Tsetserleg TSF)
RET (Steady Eddie)
WD (Shamwari IV)RET (Steady Eddie)
2019Silver medal icon.svg (Tsetserleg TSF)
20214th (On Cue)
EL (Long Island T)
EL (Tsetserleg TSF)
Gold medal icon.svg (On Cue)
20224th (Tsetserleg TSF)
202314th (Contessa)RT (Tsetserleg TSF)EL (Contessa)4th (Luke 140),8th (Fedarman B),25th (Tsetserleg TSF)9th (Tsetserleg TSF),10th (On Cue)8th (Fedarman B)
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

International championship results

Results
YearEventHorsePlacingNotes
2010World Equestrian GamesNeville Bardos4thTeam
10thIndividual
2012Olympic GamesOtis Barbotiere7thTeam
RETIndividual
2014World Equestrian GamesShamwari IV10thTeam
7thIndividual
2015Pan American GamesPancho VillaGold medal icon.svgTeam
4thIndividual
2016Olympic GamesBlackfoot Mystery6thTeam
16thIndividual
2018World Equestrian GamesTsetserleg TSF8thTeam
56thIndividual
2019Pan American GamesTsetserleg TSFGold medal icon.svgTeam
Gold medal icon.svgIndividual
2021Olympic GamesTsetserleg TSF6thTeam
20thIndividual
2022World ChampionshipsTsetserleg TSFSilver medal icon.svgTeam
20thIndividual
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

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