Oliver Townend
| Oliver David Townend MBE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Townend and Cooley Master Class, 2019 European Eventing Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Eventing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 November 1982 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oliver David Townend (born 15 November 1982) is a British horse rider. He has represented Great Britain at the European Eventing Championships, winning the team gold medals in 2007, 2009, and 2017. He has also won competing in events such as the Badminton Horse Trials, Burghley Horse Trials, and the Kentucky Three-Day Event.
Townend represented Great Britain at the World Equestrian Games in 2006 and 2014. He was the Event Rider Masters series champion in 2016 and has been ranked world number one in eventing twice, in 2009 and 2018. He has also been ranked number one British eventing rider on seven occasions since 2009.