EQUESTRIAN - EVENTING
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 1 | Eventing Individual | 1988 | Seoul, KOR | |
| 1 | Eventing Individual | 1984 | Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
| 2 | Eventing Team | 1992 | Barcelona, ESP | |
| 3 | Eventing Individual | 2000 | Sydney, NSW, AUS | |
| 3 | Eventing Team | 1988 | Seoul, KOR | |
| 5 | Eventing Team | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | |
| 6 | Eventing Team | 1984 | Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
| 8 | Eventing Team | 2000 | Sydney, NSW, AUS | |
| 17 | Eventing Individual | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | |
| Eventing Individual | 1992 | Barcelona, ESP | DNS | |
| World Equestrian Games | ||||
| 1 | Eventing Team | 1998 | Rome, ITA | |
| 1 | Eventing Team | 1990 | Stockholm, SWE | |
| 2 | Eventing Individual | 1998 | Rome, ITA | |
| 3 | Eventing Team | 2010 | Lexington, KY, USA | |
| 11 | Eventing Individual | 2010 | Lexington, KY, USA | |
EQUESTRIAN - JUMPING
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 12 | Jumping Team | 1988 | Seoul, KOR | |
| 15 | Jumping Team | 1992 | Barcelona, ESP | |
| 26 | Jumping Individual | 1988 | Seoul, KOR | |
| 34 | Jumping Individual | 1992 | Barcelona, ESP | |
Nickname
Toddy. (Athlete, 23 Jun 2000)
Hobbies
Skiing, water skiing, swimming, tennis, squash and horse racing. (Athlete, 23 Jun 2000)
Education
Agricultural Studies - Waikato Technical Institute, Hamilton, NZL
Family
Wife Carolyn and two children Lauren and James
Language(s) spoken
English
Coach
Erik Duvander [national] (3news.co.nz, 05 Jul 2011)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He started riding at the age of 10 in New Zealand. (Athlete, 23 Jun 2000)
Reason for taking up this sport
He thought the sport would be challenging and exciting (Athlete, 23 Jun 2000)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"In this game experience is a big factor and I've got plenty of that." (tvnz.co.nz, 24 Jan 2008)
Awards
In 2011, at the age of 55, he became the oldest rider to win the prestigious Badminton Horse Trials. (stuff.co.nz, 26 Apr 2011)
Named Rider of the 20th Century by the FEI. (tvnz.co.nz, 24 Jan 2008)
In 1993 he was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame. (olympic.org.nz, 27 May 2008)
He carried New Zealand's flag at the Opening Ceremony of the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. (olympic.org.nz, 27 May 2008)
Made an MBE [Member of the British Empire] in 1984 and a CBE [Commander of the British Empire] in 1995. (Sunday Mirror, 18 Jun 2000)
He won the Halberg Award as New Zealand's Sportsperson of the Year in 1988. (olympic.org.nz , 27 May 2008)
He is the only person to win back-to-back individual Olympic titles since World War II, triumphing in 1984 and 1988 on Charisma. (www.horseandhound.co.uk, 19 May 2009)
General
COMEBACK
He retired from the sport after the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, and told his wife to remind him how sick he felt after the competition just in case he ever thought about doing it again. In his time out of competition he bred and worked with race horses as well as coaching New Zealand's 2004 Olympic Games equestrian team. Then, after some persuasion from his children and the backing of wife Carolyn, he announced in January 2008 that he was making a comeback to international competition in the hope of competing at the 2008 Olympic Games, 20 years after his last individual Olympic gold medal. "I've got to get my eye back in," he said. "I've got to get back into the swing of it. I've been riding every day since [retirement] but that's been race horses." (tvnz.co.nz, 24 Jan 2008, 24 Feb 2008, listener.co.nz ,13 Jun 2008)
PRAISE
During the first stage of his international career, he gained a reputation for being able to get on an unfamiliar horse and turn in a champion performance. It was a reputation that drew high praise from many of his contemporaries, including former Great Britain three-day eventer Captain Mark Phillips who described him as the most gifted three-day event rider the world had ever seen. Phillips' fellow Great Britain riders Karen Dixon and Lucinda Green were also high in praise, Dixon said he could make a donkey jump 10 feet, while Green said he could win Badminton on a skateboard. (olympic.org.nz, 30 Jun 2008)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008, Sydney 2000, Barcelona 1992, Seoul 1988, Los Angeles 1984
