| Rank | Event | Year | Location | |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 1 | Eventing Team | 2000 | Sydney, NSW, AUS | |
| 1 | Eventing Team | 1996 | Atlanta, GA, USA | |
| 1 | Eventing Team | 1992 | Barcelona, ESP | |
| 2 | Eventing Individual | 2000 | Sydney, NSW, AUS | |
| 5 | Eventing Individual | 1992 | Barcelona, ESP | |
| 5 | Eventing Team | 1988 | Seoul, KOR | |
| 5 | Eventing Team | 1984 | Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
| 6 | Eventing Team | 2004 | Athens, GRE | |
| 8 | Eventing Individual | 1988 | Seoul, KOR | |
| 11 | Eventing Individual | 1996 | Atlanta, GA, USA | |
| 15 | Eventing Individual | 1984 | Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
| 57 | Eventing Individual | 2004 | Athens, GRE | |
| World Equestrian Games | ||||
| 3 | Eventing Team | 2006 | Aachen, GER | |
| 3 | Eventing Team | 1986 | Gawler, SA, AUS | |
Hobbies
Music, motorcycles, skiing, tennis. (peraworld.com, 08 Jul 2003)
Education
Agricultural Studies
Language(s) spoken
English
Debut
1978 for Australia, World Championships (United States) (Badminton Horse Trials, 2004)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He started to ride horses at age seven when he borrowed a horse from his uncle and began to compete seriously at age 17. (Australian Women's Weekly November 2000; olympics.com.au, 14 Jul 2006)
Ambitions
To become the first Australian to compete in eight Olympic Games. (The Courier-Mail, 27 May 2006)
Hero
Ayrton Senna. (FEI, 04 Jul 2000)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"The horses only treat you the way that you treat them. It comes back to you understanding the strengths and the weaknesses of the animal. The art of getting that right is for you to work each day on the ability of the horse." (theage.com.au, 20 Nov 2007)
Awards
He was the Australian flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. (16 Days in Atlanta, 2004)
He was inducted into Australia's Sporting Hall of Fame in 2001. (Sport Australia, 14 Jul 2006)
General
RECORD RIDE
When he rides in the 2012 Olympic Games in London he will become the first Australian to compete in seven Games. (abc.net.au, 12 Jul 2012)
ROYAL CONNECTIONS
He rented a house and stables on Princess Anne's Gatcombe Park Estate in England around 2000. He has known Princess Anne since he was 20 when he came under the patronage of her then husband, Captain Mark Phillips. Phillips, the adviser to the USA equestrian team, helped Hoy prepare for the 1979 Burghley three-day event in which they were both competing. (Australian Women's Weekly November, 2000)
COUPLE CONFLICTS
He and his then wife Bettina became the first husband and wife to have competed against each other in three-day eventing at the Olympic Games. At the 2004 Games in Athens he represented Australia while she competed for Germany. (Sydney Morning Herald, 13 May 2006)
Previous Olympics
Athens 2004, Sydney 2000, Atlanta 1996, Barcelona 1992, Seoul 1988, Los Angeles 1984
