Clarke Johnstone

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Clarke Johnstone
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Johnstone at the 2024 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1987-04-26) 26 April 1987 (age 37)
Sport
CountryFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Sport Equestrian
EventEventing
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Kentucky Team Eventing
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Pratoni Team eventing

Clarke Johnstone (born 26 April 1987) is a New Zealand equestrian, competing in eventing.

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Johnstone was born in 1987 in Dunedin [1] and grew up on a farm in Otago. [2] From 2000 to 2004, he attended John McGlashan College in Dunedin. [3] In 2008, he obtained a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Otago. [2] After university, he moved to Matangi near Hamilton in the Waikato, but lived in England between May 2011 and 2013 lived in England in preparation for the London Olympics. [4]

Johnstone took up horse riding aged 12 when his sister talked him into it. [2] At the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Kentucky, he won the bronze medal with the eventing team alongside Andrew Nicholson, Mark Todd, and Caroline Powell. At the 2011 CHIO Aachen in Germany, he won the silver medal in the team event alongside Nicholson, Powell, and Jonathan Paget.

Johnstone missed out on selection for the 2012 Summer Olympics; his main horse — Orient Express — was injured and he thus was not chosen. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he finished sixth in the individual and fourth in the team event. [5] Since 2014, his horse has been Balmoral Sensation. [4]

CCI 4* results

Johnstone achieved the following CCI 4*:

Results
Event Kentucky Badminton Luhmühlen Burghley Pau Adelaide
200613th (Oakley Vision)
2007–2008did not participate
20096th (Orient Express)
EL (Oakley Vision)
2010did not participate
201117th (Incognito)
2012–2014did not participate
2015Bronze medal icon.svg (Balmoral Sensation)
20165th (Balmoral Sensation)
2017Gold medal icon.svg (Balmoral Sensation)
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

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References

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